Cyberbullies, cyberactivists, cyberpredators
Subtitle: film, TV, and Internet stereotypes
By: Lauren Rosewarne
Publisher: Praeger; Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9781440834400; 9781440834417
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies; Social aspects; Stereotypes (Social psychology); Popular culture; Internet; Internet users; Computer users; Identity (Psychology)
Description: "Written by an expert in media, popular culture, gender, and sexuality, this book surveys the common archetypes of Internet users--from geeks, nerds, and gamers to hackers, scammers, and predators--and assesses what these stereotypes reveal about our culture's attitudes regarding gender, technology, intimacy, and identity. Provides exhaustively researched and richly detailed information about the interplay between media representations of Internet users and gender, politics, technology, and society that is fascinating and fun to read; Presents findings that suggest that in spite of the Internet being so prevalent, technophobia is still an inherent subtext of many pop culture references to it; Considers how the vast majority of the portrayals of Internet user stereotypes are male--and evaluates how these male-dominated roles shape and are shaped by popular attitudes about sexuality, technology, intimacy, and identity"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.