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Gendered Cultures in Platform Economies: Entertainment, Expertise, and Online Selfhood
Open Access
Academic Editors: Panos Kompatsiaris (IULM University), Cláudia Álvares (Iscte–University Institute of Lisbon), and Sofie Van Bauwel (Ghent University)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.i459
Table of Contents
“Finally, Me Time!”: Korean Middle-Aged Women’s Platform Practices | |||||||||
Eujong Kim and Yeran Kim | |||||||||
Article | Open Access | Published: 14 January 2025 | |||||||||
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Mediating the Sugar Baby Imaginary: Popular Narratives About Gender and Sexuality in Sugar Dating | |||||||||
Megan Sawey | |||||||||
Article | Open Access | Published: 14 January 2025 | |||||||||
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Father Influencers’ Short Videos in China: Representations of Hybrid Fatherhood and Commercialisation on Xiaohongshu | |||||||||
Min Xu, Xinchen Liu and Hao Zhang | |||||||||
Article | Open Access | Published: 14 January 2025 | |||||||||
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Emotions on Social Media as Catalysts for Change: Epistemic and Motivational Potentialities for Gender Equality | |||||||||
Babette Lagrange | |||||||||
Article | Open Access | Published: 14 January 2025 | |||||||||
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360 Degrees of Feminine Competence: Surface Aesthetics, Expertise, and Authority Among Drip Cake Baker-Influencers | |||||||||
Vanessa Brown and Steve Jones | |||||||||
Article | Open Access | Published: 20 January 2025 | |||||||||
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Instagram and #Wellness: Uncovering Gender and Body Patterns | |||||||||
Ana Marta M. Flores and Rita Sepúlveda | |||||||||
Article | Open Access | Published: 29 January 2025 | |||||||||
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Intimate Yet Exploitative: Representations of Gender-Based Violence in Platformed True Crime Narratives | |||||||||
Christine Linke and Lisa Brune | |||||||||
Article | Open Access | Published: 13 February 2025 | |||||||||
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Gender Rhetoric for Sale: Ferragni and the Platformization of the Female Body That Crushes Ideologies | |||||||||
Elisabetta Risi and Maria Angela Polesana | |||||||||
Article | Open Access | Published: 20 February 2025 | |||||||||
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