Toxic Geek Masculinity in Media: Sexism, Trolling, and Identity Policing

ISBN-13: 9783319660769 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 214 str.

Salter, Anastasia

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction. Actually, It’s About Toxic Geek Masculinity…

Chapter 2. “Dick in a Box”: Hypermasculine Heroism in Geek TV and Film

Chapter 3. Beauty and the Geek: On-Screen Representations of Geeks

Chapter 4. Come Get Some: Damsels in Distress and the Male Default Avatar in Video Games

Chapter 5. Through the Boob Window: Examining Sexualized Portrayals in Transmedia Comic Franchises

Chapter 6. Bronies on the Iron Throne: Perceptions of Prosocial Behaviors and Success

Chapter 7. One of Us, One of Us: Representations and Dialogues with “Fanboys” and “Fangirls”
Chapter 8. Conclusion: That’s Not How Geek Masculinity Works!

O autorze

Anastasia Salter is Assistant Professor of Digital Media at the University of Central Florida, USA. She is author of Jane Jensen: Gabriel Knight, Adventure Games, Hidden Objects and What is Your Quest?: From Adventure Games to Interactive Books, and co-author of Flash: Building the Interactive Web.

Bridget Blodgett is Associate Professor of Information Arts and Technologies at the University of Baltimore, USA. Her research involves the use of technology within Internet culture and virtual worlds and the social impacts of virtual and internet culture on offline life.