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.
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