TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stern,Shayla Thiel
TI  - Instant identity: adolescent girls and the world of instant messaging 
T2  - Mediated youth,
SN  - 0820463256
AV  - HQ799.2.I5 S84 2007
U1  - 305.23520285469 22
PY  - 2007///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Peter Lang
KW  - Teenage girls
KW  - United States
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Instant messaging
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Social networks
KW  - Internet and teenagers
N1  - 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
ER  -