Social constructions of gender on cyberspace: new social practices of literacy

Authors

  • Petrilson Alan Pinheiro Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/%25x

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to investigate the social identity construction of gender consubstantiated by new literacy practices on cyberspace. To do so, I will analyze a conversation carried out in a virtual chat room, where a boy constructs himself socio discursively as a girl when he engages himself in a literacy event with a friend.

Author Biography

Petrilson Alan Pinheiro, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Mestrando em Lingüística Aplicada

Published

2007-04-29

Issue

Section

Articles