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WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE? - CONNIE MORRISON K...

Who Do They Think They Are? Teenage Girls and Their Avatars in Spaces of Social Online
Communication documents a descriptive case study of teenage girls who created autobiographical
avatars for their social online spaces. It explores the complex and often conflicted
negotiations behind girlhood identity and representation in a cyber-social world. Comparisons
are drawn between autobiographical avatars and the profile pictures that teenage girls use on
their social networking sites as they consider the manner in which identity is negotiated 
constructed  co-authored  and represented. The contradictions and expectations of online social
and popular culture make representations of identity simultaneously limitless and limiting for
the girls who create them. Given the nature of the identity-defining and social act of creating
an autobiographical avatar  a critical media literacy frame provides a pedagogical opportunity
for bringing avatar construction into the secondary English language arts classroom. This book
provides guidance for educators and researchers interested in the social construction of
identity in an increasingly visual world  and will be valuable in courses ranging from literacy
studies  media education  cultural studies  youth studies  educational research  teacher
education  and popular culture to feminist  gender studies  and women's studies courses.

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