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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Rosewarne, Lauren.     Subjects     Internet -- Social aspects.     Internet users.     Computer users.     Popular culture.     Identity (Psychology)     Stereotypes (Social psychology)     Browse Catalog     by author:      Rosewarne, Lauren.       by title:      Cyberbullies, cybera...         MARC Display

Cyberbullies, cyberactivists, cyberpredators : film, TV, and Internet stereotypes / Lauren Rosewarne. by Rosewarne, Lauren. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, c2016. Subjects Internet -- Social aspects.   Internet users.   Computer users.   Popular culture.   Identity (Psychology)   Stereotypes (Social psychology) ISBN:  9781440834400 (hardback) 1440834407 (hardback) Description:  xii, 413 pages ; 24 cm Contents:  He's a little strange but he's a genius: the netgeek -- The worse you look the smarter they think you are: the neckbeard -- I only typed words on a computer: the cyberbully -- They prefer to describe themselves as cyberactivists: the hacker -- You can meet creepazoids from all over the world without leaving the comfort of your own home: the cyberpredator -- Billions of dollars have gone into inventing the Internet and filling it with pictures of naked women so we don't have to peep through windows: the cyberperv. Requests:  0 Summary:  "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"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 302.231 Ro Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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