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China, Addie L. Sayers – ProQuest LLC, 2018
At the intersection of digital identities and new language and social practice online is the concept of searchable talk (ST). ST describes the process of tagging discourse in a social networking service (SNS) with a hashtag (#), allowing it to be searchable by others. Although originating in Twitter, ST has expanded into other SNS, and is used…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Social Media, Self Concept, Computer Mediated Communication
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Read, Barbara – Gender and Education, 2011
This paper looks at the ways in which the gendered social construction of the "popular girl" infuses girls' ideas as to their role models: those representing who they would like to be when they "grow up". It will look at the ways in which the gendered characteristics that are seen to be of most value to girls (often embodied by "celebrities" such…
Descriptors: Role Models, Females, Sex Role, Sexual Identity
Bhopal, Kalwant, Ed.; Preston, John, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Education is a controversial subject in which difficult and contested discourses are the norm. Individuals in education experience multiple inequalities and have diverse identifications that cannot necessarily be captured by one theoretical perspective alone. This edited collection draws on empirical and theoretical research to examine the…
Descriptors: Race, Sex, Social Class, Education