Given the rapidly growing presence of girls online serious academic inquiry into the
relationship between girls and the Internet is imperative. Girl Wide Web is an innovative
collection of cutting-edge research exploring a wide sweep of issues related to the ways
adolescent girls interact with the Internet. Employing a range of methodologies and theoretical
perspectives primarily within cultural studies the authors examine a variety of topics - from
instant messaging and web-diaries to online fan communities and Internet advertising that
targets young girls. Taken together these essays provide a rich portrait of the complex
relationship among girls the Internet and the negotiation of identity.
