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Stern, Shayla Thiel,

Instant identity : adolescent girls and the world of instant messaging / Shayla Thiel Stern. - 144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Mediated youth, v. 2 1555-1814 ; . - Mediated youth ; v. 2. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-144).

Acknowledgments -- Understanding the world of adolescent girls and instant messaging -- "how many peeps R on 4U?": IM as a space for identity articulation -- "i got to intercept that mail before the parental gets home": instant messaging as a private space -- "Lol- i'm gonna make out w/ so many ppl tomrwo": negotiating gender identity through IM -- Marketing to youth: the commodification of identity in the new media landscape -- Private space or cultural vacuum? Implications of instant messaging as a site of girls' gender identity negotiation -- Notes -- References.

ISBN: 0820463256 9780820463254

LCCN: 2006037194

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Teenage girls--Psychology--United States--Case studies
Instant messaging--Social aspects--United States--Case studies
Teenage girls--Social networks--United States--Case studies
Internet and teenagers--United States--Case studies

LC Class. No.: HQ799.2.I5 / S84 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 305.23520285469