This article raises issues related to the gendered representation in the print media, particularly English-language newspapers, of girls who use MySpace as foolish innocents who invite sexual predation. It examines the ways in which the stereotyped representation of girls and boys promotes the hegemonic discourses that construct girlhood as a time of helplessness and lack of control, and that blame the technology itself, in this case MySpace, for a multitude of cultural problems. Ultimately, these discourses portray MySpace as a dangerous place where adolescent girls ï¬aunt sexuality, where sexual predators lurk, and where boys commit violence, thus creating and reinforcing a moral panic and extending stereotypes about girls and boys, and about technology. KEYWORDS girls, adolescence, social networking, predators, victims, hegemonic discourse, print media Introduction In its several years of existence, the online social networking site MySpace has received more hits and more media coverage than any of its social networking counterparts, including Facebook, Friendster, Bebo, Xanga, and others. In July 2006, MySpace became the most visited site on the Web, surpassing Yahoo.com and eBay for the top spot (Cashmore 2006; Tancer 2006). This is not only because it has tapped into Gen X, Gen Y, and Millennial
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Femininity Out of Control on the Internet: A Critical Analysis of Media Representations of Gender, Youth, and MySpace.com in International News Discourses
Thiel-Stern; Shayla
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Berghahn Books – Jun 1, 2009
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