{"product_id":"queer-online-media-technology-and-sexuality-paperback","title":"Queer Online: Media Technology and Sexuality - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteve Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Other), \u003cb\u003eKate O'Riordan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid J. Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection draws together contemporary research into queer theory and practices, as they intersect with new media and communication technologies. It provides a synthesis of critical debates in these fields followed by empirical analyses of current and historical internet activities. These include, among others, a study of changing leathersex identities as meeting spaces moved from bars to online chat rooms, an investigation of the dynamics of racial identity as social sites moved from text-based to visually-based media and the tensions between community and audience identities inherent in commercial affinity portals. \u003cbr\u003e The chapters investigate the relations between the technical, legal and industrial organization of online media and the queer practices that they facilitate. While scholarly and theoretically rigorous, its rich empirical detail makes \u003ci\u003eQueer Online\u003c\/i\u003e vital reading for activists and members of queer communities, in the academy and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Editors: Kate O'Riordan is Lecturer in Media and Film Studies at the University of Sussex, United Kingdom. Her research interests center on the intersections of sexualized and gendered bodies and information and bio technologies.\u003cbr\u003e David J. Phillips is Associate Professor of Information Studies at the University of Toronto. He studies the political economy and social shaping of information and communication technologies, especially technologies of visibility, identification and surveillance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757863764256,"sku":"9780820486260","price":84.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7e3eaa6ca1b25bf44596e2eed0fce578.webp?v=1780113448","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/queer-online-media-technology-and-sexuality-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}