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Cyberbullies, Cyberactivists, Cyberpredators: Film, TV, and Internet Stereotypes
Contributor(s): Rosewarne, Lauren (Author)
ISBN: 1440834407     ISBN-13: 9781440834400
Publisher: Praeger
OUR PRICE:   $74.25  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: January 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Media Studies
- Social Science | Popular Culture
Dewey: 302.231
LCCN: 2015041080
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (2 lbs) 432 pages
 
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The Internet has enabled an exponentially larger number of people--individuals who are members of numerous and vastly different subgroups--to be exposed to one other. As a result, instead of the simple jocks versus geeks paradigm of previous eras, our society now has more detailed stereotypes of the undesirable, the under-the-radar, and the ostracized: cyberpervs, neckbeards, goths, tech nerds, and anyone with a non-heterosexual identity. Each chapter of this book explores a different stereotype of the Internet user, with key themes--such as gender, technophobia, and sexuality--explored with regard to that specific characterization of online users.

Author Lauren Rosewarne, PhD, supplies a highly interdisciplinary perspective that draws on research and theories from a range of fields--psychology, sociology, and communications studies as well as feminist theory, film theory, political science, and philosophy--to analyze what these stereotypes mean in the context of broader social and cultural issues. From cyberbullies to chronically masturbating porn addicts to desperate online-daters, readers will see the paradox in popular culture's message: that while Internet use is universal, actual Internet users are somehow subpar--less desirable, less cool, less friendly--than everybody else.