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Being naked on the internet: young people’s selfies as intimate edgework
Abstract
In this paper, I examine how young selfie sharers engage in intimate edgework in the visual social media site tumblr. Originally devised by Stephen Lyng, edgework is defined as the purposeful engagement in risky behaviour as a result of the seductive character of the experience, and the rewards of doing so brings. The article is based on data gathered from in-depth, online interviews with 25 young people who post naked self-photographs to their...
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Title
Being naked on the internet: young people’s selfies as intimate edgework
Published Date
Jul 22, 2016
Journal
Volume
20
Issue
3
Pages
301 - 315
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