Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-287) and index.
Blue Sky in the Morning -- Logging On -- Mudding History and Subcultures -- Hanging Out in the Virtual Locker Room -- Identity Crises -- Computer-Mediated -- Relationships -- Class, Race, and Online Participation -- Hungover in the Virtual Pub.
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In this ethnography, Lori Kendall examines how men and women negotiate their gender roles on an online forum she calls BlueSky. The result is an analysis of the emerging social phenomenon of Internet-mediated communication and a study of the social and cultural effects of a medium that allows participants to assume identities of their own choosing.