John W. Jordan’s article “A Virtual Death and A Real Dilemma” (published in Spring 2005, Southern Communication Journal) addresses how identity, community and trust are constructed through rhetorical means within online communities. He looks specifically at a case in the (relatively) early years of the blogosphere (2001)–that of Kaycee Nicole Swenson–a young woman who chronicled [...]
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Thoughts about gender, technology, and mutha-bloggas
Posted in Research & Teaching, mommyblogging on August 18, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Hawisher and Sullivan’s essay from Eloquent Images “Feminist Cyborgs Live on the World Wide Web: International and Not so International Contexts” addresses Russian women’s self-representation online, and specifically how the web as a “third space” allows these women to “In cyborg fashion… mock and mimic American and Russian cultural narratives, all the while constructing oppositional identities, bringing together women [...]
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I work at Mimas and manage the UK's Copac and Archives Hub services (funded via JISC). This blog is a place to put some of my thoughts about technology -- some of this might pertain to libraries and archives, but I am more broadly interested in cultural and social issues around technology. You can find me as joypalmer on twitter
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