'Looking like my favourite Barbie' - Online Gender Construction of Tween Girls in Estonia and in Sweden

Siibak, Andra; Hernwall, Patrik

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dc.contributor.author	Siibak, Andra	de
dc.contributor.author	Hernwall, Patrik	de
dc.date.accessioned	2013-11-18T10:04:14Z
dc.date.available	2013-11-18T10:04:14Z
dc.date.issued	2011	de
dc.identifier.issn	1736-8758	de
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/36311
dc.description.abstract	"The aim of this article is to analyse how tween girls in Estonia and in Sweden describe and discover their gender identities when selecting profi le images for social networking sites (SNSs). To this end, interviews with tweens in Estonia (N=21) and in Sweden (N=31) were carried out. As SNSs largely exist without the recognisable surveillance of adults, children can explore the social matrix of relating to others, and they also feel safe to try out and display diff erent constructions and reconstructions of their identity. At the same time, in communicating online, impression management is formulated with constant worry about how to construct one’s virtual identity so that it will be appreciated and accepted by one’s peer group. In this article, our analysis focuses on the most popular posing strategies used by tween girls, which, it turns out, are often marked by reproduction of the dominant heterosexual cultural norms and values." (author's abstract)	en
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	Social sciences, sociology, anthropology	en
dc.title	'Looking like my favourite Barbie' - Online Gender Construction of Tween Girls in Estonia and in Sweden	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	Studies of Transition States and Societies
dc.source.volume	3	de
dc.publisher.country	MISC
dc.source.issue	2	de
dc.subject.classoz	Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung	de
dc.subject.classoz	Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies	en
dc.subject.thesoz	soziale Norm	de
dc.subject.thesoz	soziales Netzwerk	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Sweden	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Internet	en
dc.subject.thesoz	gender role	en
dc.subject.thesoz	reconstruction	en
dc.subject.thesoz	social norm	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Estland	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Geschlechtsrolle	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Jugendlicher	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Konstruktion	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Rekonstruktion	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Estonia	en
dc.subject.thesoz	gender	en
dc.subject.thesoz	adolescent	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Schweden	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Doing Gender	de
dc.subject.thesoz	girl	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Gender	de
dc.subject.thesoz	social network	en
dc.subject.thesoz	identity	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Mädchen	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Identität	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Internet	de
dc.subject.thesoz	doing gender	en
dc.subject.thesoz	construction	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-363118
dc.rights.licence	Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung	de
dc.rights.licence	Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications	en
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.source.pageinfo	57-68	de
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dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
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