Body Image
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Digital Media
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Feminism
Feminist Activism
Gender Studies
Indentity
Media Studies
Orthorexia
Public Sphere
Social Media
Technology
Product details
- ISBN 9781538155684
- Weight: 562g
- Dimensions: 159 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 28 Mar 2024
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The digital sphere, especially social media, is perceived as a new form of public sphere where individuals can share and circulate information and participate in formal and informal democratic processes albeit in the context of echo chambers and confirmation biases. Gender in the Digital Sphere explores how we represent, express, and engage with the digital world via the lens of gender. Each chapter touches on one of the three pillars of engagement, expression, or representation in relation to the digital world, and themes range from social media, body image and identity to feminist activism to gender and digital narratives. The contributors raise important questions about the impact of digital media in everyday life and make connections between theory and everyday accounts of gender and technology.
Barbara Mitra is principal lecturer at the University of Worcester. Her research focuses on gender, social media, eating disorders, and autism.
Sharon Young is senior lecturer at the University of Worcester. Her research focuses on women’s writing of the early modern period and its role in their participation in the public sphere.
Mehreen Mirza is head of school of Law and Social Sciences at Oxford Brookes University. Her research focuses on gender, ethnicity, and inequalities.
