The Presentation of Self in Everyday Second Life
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Contents |
Writing
Readings
- Williams, Dmitri; Consalvo, Mia; Caplan, Scott; Yee, Nick. /Looking for gender (LFG): Gender roles and behaviors among online gamers
- Monro, Surya. (2005) "Beyond Male and Female: Poststructuralism and the Spectrum of Gender." International Journal of Transgenderism, Vol. 8(1), 3-22.
- Dvorsky, G. and Hughes, J. (2008) "Postgenderism: Beyond the Gender Binary". IEET Monograph Series, IEET-03, March.
Tasks
- Update gender discussion w/ more recent sources in queer/Butler tradition
- No More Gender Binaries!
- No Chodorow Freudian
- No bisexual women theory
- Care to not say "young girls" and "young males" (why not "young females"?)
- Find specific discussion of gender performance in SL (updating Turkle)
- How is Goffman used by others?
- Critiques of gender role theory
Open Questions
- Do game players play differently when controlling other-gendered avs?
- Do people imagine pseudonymous gaming as part of their overall gender performance?
- Will they select MMOs/VWs because of the possibility for gender expression, gender play?
To Read
Gender role theory:
- Dill, K. & Thill, K. (2007) Video game characters and socialization of gender roles: Young people's perceptions mirror sexist media depictions. Sex Roles, 57, 851-664.
- Donaghue, N. & Fallon, B. (2003) Gender-role self-stereotyping and the relationship between equality and satisfaction in close relationships. Sex Roles, 48(5/6), 217-230.
- Eagly, A. & Karau, S. (1991) Gender and the emergence of leaders: A meta-analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60(5), 685-710.
- Kidder, D. (2002) The influence of gender on the performance of organizational citizenship behaviors. Journal of Management, 28(5), 629-648.
- Kidder, D. & Park, J. (2001) The good soldier: Who is s(he)?. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 22, 939-959.
Gender roles, gender spectrum:
- Bem, S. (1993) The lenses of gender: Transforming the debate on sexual inequality. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press.
- Chodorow, N.J. (1994) Feminities, masculinities, sexualities: Freud and beyond. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky.
Harassment:
- Barak, A. (2005) Sexual harassment on the Internet. Social Science Computer Review, 23(1), 77-92.
