Race, Ethnicity and Identity on the Internet
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Study Aids, ESL, Foreign Languages
| Author: | Carolin Schwidde | ISBN: | 9783640501083 |
| Publisher: | GRIN Publishing | Publication: | December 29, 2009 |
| Imprint: | GRIN Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Carolin Schwidde |
| ISBN: | 9783640501083 |
| Publisher: | GRIN Publishing |
| Publication: | December 29, 2009 |
| Imprint: | GRIN Publishing |
| Language: | English |
Essay from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, Bielefeld University, language: English, abstract: This paper shall proof - by means of two different websites, namely the nonethnic search engine 'Excite', as well as the ethnic online community 'AsianAvenue.com', which are mentioned in an excerpt of Lisa Nakamura's book 'Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity on the Internet'- that the role race, ethnicity, and identity play on the internet, has changed. Nakamura's book was published in 2002. Therefore, the following examination shall show that some of her points of critique are old-fashioned nowadays and that the demonstration of these parameters on the internet has been altered.
Essay from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, Bielefeld University, language: English, abstract: This paper shall proof - by means of two different websites, namely the nonethnic search engine 'Excite', as well as the ethnic online community 'AsianAvenue.com', which are mentioned in an excerpt of Lisa Nakamura's book 'Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity on the Internet'- that the role race, ethnicity, and identity play on the internet, has changed. Nakamura's book was published in 2002. Therefore, the following examination shall show that some of her points of critique are old-fashioned nowadays and that the demonstration of these parameters on the internet has been altered.
