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Author White, Michele, 1962-

Title Buy it now : lessons from eBay / Michele White.

Imprint Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 317 pages : illustrations
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Series Online access with subscription: Duke University Press.
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.
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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
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Language English.
Subject eBay (Firm)
eBay (Firm)
Internet -- Social aspects.
Electronic commerce -- Social aspects.
Internet and women.
Online identities.
Internet -- Aspect social.
Commerce électronique -- Aspect social.
Internet et femmes.
Identité numérique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- E-Commerce -- Auctions & Small Business.
COMPUTERS -- Social Aspects -- Human-Computer Interaction.
Electronic commerce -- Social aspects
Internet and women
Internet -- Social aspects
Online identities
Other Form: Print version: White, Michele, 1962- Buy it now. Durham : Duke University Press, 2012 9780822352266 0822352265 (DLC) 2011053341 (OCoLC)769429988
ISBN 9780822391876 (electronic bk.)
0822391872 (electronic bk.)
9786613854568
6613854565
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9781283542111
9780822352266 (alk. paper)
0822352265 (alk. paper)
9780822352402 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0822352400 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Standard No. 10.1515/9780822391876 doi
9786613854568
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