Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and Relationships OnlineLori Kendall is one of the first to explore the brave new world of social relations as they have evolved on the Internet. In this highly readable ethnography, she examines how men and women negotiate their gender roles on an online forum she calls BlueSky. The result is a first-rate analysis of the emerging social phenomenon of Internet-mediated communication and a ground-breaking study of the social and cultural effects of a medium that allows participants to assume identities of their own choosing. Despite the common assumption that the personas these men and women craft for themselves bear little resemblance to reality, Kendall discovers that the habitués of BlueSky stick surprisingly close to the facts of their actual lives and personalities. |
Contents
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Mudding History and Subcultures | 44 |
Hanging Out in the Virtual Locker Room BlueSky as a Masculine Space | 75 |
Identity Crises | 113 |
ComputerMediated Relationships | 143 |
Class Race and Online Participation | 184 |
Hungover in the Virtual Pub Power and Identity Online | 221 |
The Where Are They Now? FAQ | 231 |
Other editions - View all
Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and Relationships Online Lori Kendall Limited preview - 2002 |
Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and Relationships Online Lori Kendall No preview available - 2002 |
Common terms and phrases
active Alisa Amnesia Barbie Barbie's behavior Beryl BlueSky participants BlueSky's bulletin board system command communication connections conversation Copperhead says Copperhead whispers Corwin says culture cyberspace discussion e-mail EarlyMUD elflord ethnography experience face-to-face Farron Faust feel female Florin fnord gender identity guys Heisenbug henri says heterosexual instance Internet interview Itchy Jet says John Perry Barlow joke LambdaMOO Locutus says LORI male masquerade McKenzie Mender says mud client mud participants mud program mud room mud server mudders nerd newbies newsgroups Nightcrawler norms objects Obtuse offline identity online forums online interactions online participation participation on BlueSky particular Perry person potential quote race racial RaveMage refer response robots Roger Pollack roll call Rostopovich says sexual social space someone sometimes status suggests Surly Gang talk ticipants TinyMUD Turkle Ulysses Usenet virtual reality wizards women Xena
Popular passages
Page 10 - I declare the global social space we are building to be naturally independent of the tyrannies you seek to impose on us. You have no moral right to rule us nor do you possess any methods of enforcement we have true reason to fear.
Page 10 - We are creating a world that all may enter without privilege or prejudice accorded by race, economic power, military force, or station of birth. We are creating a world where anyone, anywhere may express his or her beliefs, no matter how singular, without fear of being coerced into silence or conformity.