Expressions of Identity Online: Prominent Features and Gender Differences in Adolescents' World Wide Web Home Pages

Stern, Susannah R.

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“…In addition, self-expression is intricately linked to identity formation and a sense of self-respect (Stern 2004), and children need opportunities to interact with the world without being monitored in order to develop a sense of autonomy (Livingstone 2009). Respecting children's need for privacy as they grow can enable them to fulfill age-appropriate developmental needs for individuation (Tang 2006), and encourage them to go beyond the acquisition of "thin" procedural skills to develop a facility for deeper, "connected thinking" (Davis 2001, 252).…”

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From the Beginning: Children as Subjects and Agents of Surveillance

Marx

Steeves

2010

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This article examines the claims made by surveillance entrepreneurs selling surveillance to parents and government agencies responsible for children. Technologies examined include pre-natal testing, baby monitors and nanny cams, RFID-enabled clothing, GPS tracking devices, cell phones, home drug and semen tests, and surveillance toys. We argue that governments, both in the contest of health care and education, use surveillance to identify and "manage" genetic or behavioural deviations from the norm. Parents, on the other hand, are encouraged to buy surveillance technologies to keep the child "safe". Although there is a secondary emphasis on parental convenience and freedom, surveillance is predominately offered as a necessary tool of responsible and loving parenting. Entrepreneurs also claim that parents cannot trust their children to behave in pro-social ways, and must resort to spying to overcome children's tendency to lie and hide their bad behaviour. We conclude by offering some ideas to rein in the variety and complexity of the issues raised and to help order controversies in this domain.

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From the Beginning: Children as Subjects and Agents of Surveillance

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2010

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“…Stern (2004) proposes that online spaces enable adolescents to experiment with self-presentation styles more freely than offline spaces, where social constraints are stronger. Some scholars (Kelly et al 2006, Daneback 2006, Willem et al 2012 point to showing more skin, adopting traditionally masculine sexual scripts or playing with conventional codes of gender display as instances of such experimentation.…”

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Performing the Self in the Mainstream

Dmitrow-Devold

2017

Nordicom Review

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Blogging has become an integral part of girls' media culture in Norway. This article investigates how teenage girls in the mainstream blogging community perform selves in their blogs over time. While studies of girls' self-presentations online abound, most draw solely on analyses of online artefacts and lack a temporal perspective. To address these gaps, this investigation has employed a longitudinal design combining in-depth interviews with ethnographic content analyses of blogs, and has analysed girls' online-based performances of self as integral to their offline experiences framed by the wider cultural context and gendered discourses. This approach is fruitful because it acknowledges girls' changing experiences across time and contexts, thus making possible a contribution to the theorization of identity as performed across the online and the offline settings and interactions in an ongoing process.

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“…The ability to develop acquaintance-level and intimate relationship connections with other users is one of the primary uses of Facebook for teenagers (Pempek, Yermolayeva, & Calvert, 2009;Stern, 2004). Pempek et al (2009) suggest Facebook is a positive influence in relationship development because "students are using Facebook to facilitate pre-established relationships" and "the communication with friends that occurs on Facebook may help young adults resolve key developmental issues" (p. 236).…”

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“…One of the functions of Facebook includes being able to gain instant feedback from network friends on items that have been posted onto their profile. Stern (2004) suggests this feedback is important for young people as a means of self-validation and for developing intimate relationships. Lenhart and Madden's (2007) extensive study on the online behaviour of American teenagers showed that "teens get to feel like they are part of a group of like-minded friends, and can visualize their network of relationships, displaying their popularity for others" (p. 24).…”

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Meet, prey, like: A study of gifted girls' interactions with social media

Gaerlan-Price¹

2015

Apex

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Gifted and talented girls today struggle with similar social and emotional challenges as those in the past, but their world looks different. With the changes in the media and communication ecology, they are navigating a highly digitised and mediated social landscape. This article explores gifted teenage girls' lived experiences of Facebook, utilising phenomenological research on the experiences of five female students in high profile leadership roles in their secondary schools. The findings suggest these participants experienced a complex juggling act as they managed the tensions resulting from their in-school micro-celebrity status and online social media presence. Suggestions are offered on how educators and school leaders can act to best support gifted and talented girls in their use of social media.

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Expressions of Identity Online: Prominent Features and Gender Differences in Adolescents' World Wide Web Home Pages

Cited by 98 publications

References 31 publications

From the Beginning: Children as Subjects and Agents of Surveillance

From the Beginning: Children as Subjects and Agents of Surveillance

Performing the Self in the Mainstream

Meet, prey, like: A study of gifted girls' interactions with social media

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