This new book, Gendered Nature of Social Media Networks, investigates the complex and multifaceted relationship between gender and social media, providing an interdisciplinary and international viewpoint on the subject.
There is a complicated interplay between gender dynamics and technology in the digital age,
especially through social media. Combining the knowledge of seasoned professionals and
academics from around the world, this new book investigates the complex and multifaceted
relationship between gender and social media, providing an interdisciplinary and international
viewpoint on the subject.
Each chapter of the book presents a distinctive viewpoint on the interaction between gender and
social media. The book first provides a summary of the theoretical foundations and then delves
into how social media platforms mediate and reflect societal constructs of gender and how
those assumptions shape online experiences. The book also discusses how gender
representation on social media platforms may either challenge conventional standards or
reinforce stereotypes. The book observes how social media contributes to activism and social
change, discussing how it has been used by feminist movements, LGBTQ+ activism, and
diverse programs to address gender inequality. The book goes into further detail about these
platforms darker sides, including issues that include cyberbullying, harassment, and privacy
worries that disproportionately affect women and other underrepresented groups.
1. Dynamics of Social Media Influencers: Gendered Perspectives
2. Gender
Differences in Problematic Mobile Phone Use Among Hong Kong Adolescents
3.
Gender and Social Media Influencers
4. Exploring the Intersection of Gender
Norms and Stereotypes in Social Media
5. Gender and Artificial Intelligence
6. Female Bodies: Social Media as a Contested Site for Body Shaming Versus
Body Positivity
7. Gender and Online Activism: Reaction of Women in South
Africa to Gender-Based Violence
8. Fulfilling Tender Dreams with the Power of
Social Media: A Study of Small-Town Women Entrepreneurs
9. Gender Inequality
and Social Media Governance in Nigeria
10. Gender Issues and Social Media
Advocacy in an Afrocentric Society
11. Working the Gram: Entrepreneurial
Strategies of South African Muslim Women Who Own Instagram-Based Businesses
12. Male Bodies, Stereotypes, and Desirability in North East India: Online
Dating and Electronic Romance
13. Keeping That (Sexual) Motor Running:
Investigating the Use of Online Pornographic and Sexually Explicit Material
Among South African Gay and Straight Men
14. Exploring the Future of Gendered
Social Media Networks
15. The Future of Gendered Social Media Networks in the
Artificial Intelligence Era
Usha Rana, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the School of Gender and Development Studies (SOGDS) at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Delhi, India. Her research interests include womens studies, gender studies, research methodology, marginalized communities, and futurist research within society. She has presented and published more than 50 papers with publishers such as Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press, and Inderscience. Additionally, she serves as a reviewer for SSCI- and Scopus-indexed journals and books. She is a member of the International Sociological Association and a life member of the Indian Sociological Society and the Indian Association for Womens Studies (IAWS).
Rupender Singh, PhD, is a Senior Specialist at Nokia Technologies in Espoo, Finland. Previously, he held various positions as research scientist, consultant, and postdoctoral fellow at the VTT Technical Research Centre in Finland, Lumenci, and National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan, respectively. He was an Assistant Professor at the World Institute of Technology, Gurgaon, India, from 2009 to 2013. He has authored two books and published more than 50 papers in journals and conferences. He completed his PhD and MTech from the India Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, and Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India, respectively.
