| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 317 pages : illustrations |
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text file PDF rda |
| Series |
Online access with subscription: Duke University Press.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : lessons and methods from eBay -- Between security and distrust : eBay's brand, fan, and virtual communities -- Pins, cards, and Griffith's jacket : producing identity and brand communities through eBay Live! conferences and collecting -- You can 'get it on' eBay: selling gender, sexuality, and organizational logic through the interface -- eBay's visible masculinities : 'gay' and 'gay interest' listings and the politics of describing -- eBay boys will be lesbians : viewing 'lesbian' and 'lesbian interest' vintage photography listings -- Re-collecting black Americana : "absolutely derogatory" objects and narratives from eBay's community -- Afterword : everything in moderation: the regulating aspects of Craigslist and the moral assertions of 'community flagging'. |
| Summary |
In Buy It Now, Michele White examines eBay and its emphasis on community and social norms, revealing the cultural assumptions about gender, race, and sexuality that are reinforced throughout the site. She shows how instructional texts, rule systems, and advertisements ""configure the user, "" allowing eBay to indicate how the site is supposed to function while concurrently upholding and promoting particular social values, practices, and norms. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
eBay (Firm)
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EBay (Firm) (OCoLC)fst00757125
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Internet -- Social aspects.
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Electronic commerce -- Social aspects.
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Internet and women.
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Online identities.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- E-Commerce -- Auctions & Small Business.
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COMPUTERS -- Social Aspects -- Human-Computer Interaction.
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Electronic commerce -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00906920
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Internet and women. (OCoLC)fst00977230
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Internet -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01766793
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Online identities. (OCoLC)fst01740515
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| Other Form: |
Print version: White, Michele, 1962- Buy it now. Durham : Duke University Press, 2012 9780822352266 0822352265 (DLC) 2011053341 (OCoLC)769429988 |
| ISBN |
9780822391876 (electronic book) |
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0822391872 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
9786613854568 |
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10.1515/9780822391876 doi |
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