Atay provides important critical advancements in cyber-ethnography. He brings together interpretations of access (ability, linguistic, and economic), diasporic identity, and cyber space queer self-presentations to open new discussions for the ever-changing possibilities of social media.

- Alberto González, Bowling Green State University,

This book is an important interrogation of both sexuality and diaspora that stands to make a fine contribution to current work on queer intercultural communication scholarship.

- Shiv Ganesh, Massey University,

Globalization’s Impact on Cultural Identity Formation: Queer Diasporic Males in Cyberspace examines diasporic, queer, cultural identity formations in an era of globalization by utilizing cyber-ethnography as a critical, cultural, and qualitative method. Atay presents cyber-ethnography as a method to make sense of complex, globally infused, and cultural experiences, examines how one creates and recreates cultural identity through lived and mediated realities, and analyzes how one uses mediated forms, such as web pages, chat rooms, blogs, and webcams, to understand and negotiate personal identity. Atay utilizes critical research methods, such as cyber-ethnography, to investigate different aspects of cultural identities as presented on these venues. This book aims to show the interconnected nature of cultural identity segments by highlighting some of the powerful cultural and social forces that mold our identities in this ever more global world.
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Chapter One: Globalization
Chapter Two: Diaspora and Queer
Chapter Three: Cyber Space and Cyber Ethnography
Chapter Four: Cyber Field–Cyber Space
Chapter Five: Diasporic Queer Cyber Communities
Chapter Six: Cyber Bodies and Cyber Identities
Chapter Seven: Discussions on Cyberspace and Identity

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This series aims to advance the theoretical and practical understanding of the emergence, adoption, and influence of new technologies. It provides a venue to explore how new media technologies are changing the media landscape in the twenty-first century.

Series Editor: John Allen Hendricks

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780739185056
Publisert
2015-10-30
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; Lexington Books
Vekt
372 gr
Høyde
239 mm
Bredde
157 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
164

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Om bidragsyterne

Ahmet Atay is assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the College of Wooster.