%0 Book Section %B Girl Wide Web. Girls, the Internet, and the Negotiation for Identity %D 2005 %T The constant contact generation: exploring teen friendship networks online %A Clark, L. S. %K constant %K friendships %K generation %K networks %K teens %K Youth %X Given the rapidly growing presence of girls online, serious academic inquiry into the relationship between girls and the Internet is imperative. Girl Wide Web is an innovative collection of cutting-edge research exploring a wide sweep of issues related to the ways adolescent girls interact with the Internet. Employing a range of methodologies and theoretical perspectives primarily within cultural studies, the authors examine a variety of topics-from instant messaging and web-diaries to online fan communities and Internet advertising that targets young girls. Taken together, these essays provide a rich portrait of the complex relationship among girls, the Internet, and the negotiation of identity. %B Girl Wide Web. Girls, the Internet, and the Negotiation for Identity %P 203-222 %G English %U http://books.google.com/books?id=M_aTqHdkt4UC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false