Performing the Discourse of Sexuality Online
Foucault, Butler, and Video-sharing on Sexual Social Networking Sites

Kreps, DGP

Abstract

Though sometimes pitted against one another and at times contradictory, the ideas of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler on the nature and expression of our sexuality and our gender identities help us to gain a deeper and more rounded picture of theimpact and import of the burgeoning phenomenon of internet dating websites. This paper looks at the use and prevalence of video-sharing technologies on sexual social networking websites, in the context of notions of sexual identity and an information systems approach to the phenomenon of internet dating.

Citation

Foucault, Butler, and Video-sharing on Sexual Social Networking Sites. Presented at Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), San Francisco

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)
• Conference Location: San Francisco
• End Date: Aug 9, 2009
• Publication Date: Aug 11, 2009
• Deposit Date: Oct 21, 2009
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 21, 2009
• Publisher URL: http://www.amcis2009.org/
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference