Research Catalog

Title

Gender considerations in online consumption behavior and Internet use / [edited by] Rebecca English, Raechel Johns.

Publication

Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors

• English, Rebecca, 1977-
• Johns, Raechel, 1976-

Description

xix, 297 pages; 29 cm

Summary

"This book considers the use of online technologies through the lens of gender, from blogs dedicated to motherhood and infertility to the men's health movement, this book provides empirical evidence on gender-specific Internet usage and the feminine online experience"--

Series Statement

Advances in human and social aspects of technology (AHSAT) book series, 2328-1316

Uniform Title

Advances in human and social aspects of technology book series.

Subjects

• Internet and women
• Online social networks
• Internet users
• Women consumers
• Electronic commerce

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The online feminine mystique: developing a research agenda for women's use of social media / Raechel Johns [and 3 others] -- Gender and other factors that influence tourism preferences / Naomi F. Dale -- Gender differences in motivations to use social networking sites / Valeria Noguti, Sonika Singh, David S. Waller -- It's my site, and I'll do what i want: performing female identity through digital identity curation in online spaces / Melissa Kelly, Anita Jetnikoff -- Blogging their way out of disadvantage: women, identity and agency in the blogosphere / Amelia Rose Coleman -- Social media: it can play a positive role in education / Matthew Reeves -- Techno teacher moms: Web 2.0 connecting mothers in the home education community / Rebecca English -- Increasing value of a tangible product through intangible attributes: value co-creation and brand building within online communities -- virtual communities and value / Raechel Johns -- How Movember's online community influences Australia's men's health debate / Kristyn A. Jackson -- Looking at the other side: families, public health and anti-vaccination / Rebecca English, Shaun Nykvist -- The role of women from a social media jihad perspective: wife or warrior? / Robyn Torok -- Exploring female Hispanic consumers' adoption of mobile social media in the U.S. / Kenneth C. C. Yang, Yowei Kang -- Online sisterhood: women, income generation, and online social capital in urban Indonesia / Ariane J. Utomo.

Call Number

JFF 16-957

ISBN

• 9781522500100
• 1522500103
• 9781522500117 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2015050770

OCLC

936010370

Title

Gender considerations in online consumption behavior and Internet use / [edited by] Rebecca English, Raechel Johns.

Publisher

Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global, [2016]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Advances in human and social aspects of technology (AHSAT) book series, 2328-1316

Advances in human and social aspects of technology book series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

English, Rebecca, 1977- editor.

Johns, Raechel, 1976- editor.

Research Call Number

JFF 16-957