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Empowering Media?: Perspectives on Blogs, Self-Help, "Playboy," and "Bust"
Thu, November 17, 11:00am to 12:15pm, Sheraton, Liberty CSession Submission Type: Paper Session
Abstract
This competitive papers session features diverse perspectives on whether particular media technologies, outlets, and genres are empowering for women.
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Individual Presentations
Interactive Lives: The Roles of Weblogs and Cyberfeminism in the Health of Feminist and Communication Research - Tess M. Pierce, Clark Univ
Self-help as Invitational Rhetoric: Re-visioning the Potential of Self-help for Empowerment - Kimberly N. Kline, Southern Illinois Univ, Carbondale
A Healthy Discourse? Women Write to the Playboy Advisor - Mary-Jeanette Smythe, Univ of Missouri, Columbia; Joey Pogue, Pittsburgh State University
Bust-ed: What Bust Magazine Says about the 'Health' of Third Wave Feminism - Taylor Rifkin, University of Southern California