Table of Contents
1. Identities Online 1
“Ethnicity: Identity and Difference,” Stuart Hall 3
“Ideology and Meanings,” John Fiske 11
“ARape inCyberspace:HowanEvilClown, aHaitian Trickster Spirit, TwoWizards,
and a Cast of Dozens Turned a Database Into a Society,” Julian Dibbell 23
“Constructions and Reconstructions of Self in Virtual Reality: 34
Playing in the MUDs,” Sherry Turkle
“Gender Swapping on the Internet,” Amy S. Bruckman 43
2. Virtual Communities 49
“Syncretism and Synchronicity: Queer ‘n’ Asian Cyberspace in 1990s 51
Taiwan and Korea,” Chris Berry and Fran Martin
“Whose Space? Differences among Users and Non-Users of Social 65
Network Sites,” Eszter Hargittai
“Whose Space Is MySpace? A Content Analysis of MySpace Profiles,” 81
Steve Jones, Sarah Millermaier, Mariana Goya-Martinez, and
Jessica Schuler
3. Racial Articulations 99
“The Future of (the) ‘Race’: Identity, Discourse, and the Rise of 101
Computer-Mediated Public Spheres,” Dara N. Byrne
“African American Girls on MySpace: Artistic Expression, Viral 121
Marketing and Corporate Presence,” Michelle McCormick
“Puerto Rican Language Use on MySpace.com,” Kevin S. Carroll 152
4. Hate and Pornography 165
“Cyborgs in Cyberspace: White Pride, Pedophilic Pornography, and
Donna Haraway’s Manifesto,” Daniel Bernardi 167
“Nudity and Framing: Classifying Art, Pornography, Information, 183
and Ambiguity,” Beth A. Eck
“New Hope or Old Power: Democracy, Pornography and the Internet,” 205
Don Heider and Dustin Harp
“Interracial Joysticks: Pornography’s Web of Racist Attractions,” 218
Daniel Bernardi
5. Online Predation 235
“Cyber-Stalking: The Regulation of Harassment on the Internet,” 237
Louise Ellison and Yaman Akdeniz
“ ‘MOBS’ on the Net: Critiquing the Gaze of the ‘Cyber’ Bride Industry,” 254
Marian Sciachitano
“The Implications of Sex Tourism on Men’s Social, Psychological, 263
and Physical Health,” Kimberly Bender and Rich Furman
Index 277
