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Women's experiences of on-line e-zine publication

Frances Cresser

QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

Lesley Gunn

ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY

Helen Balme

ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY

The use of e-zines by women writers is a developing medium. Thirty-nine e-zine authors were interviewed by email (structured questions and free discussion) to explore their motivations, opinions and experiences of publishing on-line. The interviews yielded information on a number of themes: communication; construction of identity; the e-zine as a political space. The e-zine authors considered that, despite the prejudices that exist on the web, they were making a difference by forming networks of likeminded individuals to discuss and evaluate personal and political issues. It also became clear from the interviews that the Internet neither marginalizes nor liberates traditionally under-represented groups, such as women, but is an accurate reflection of society and the outside world.

Key Words: communication, • community, • gender, • identity, • marginalization, • motivation, • representation

Media, Culture & Society, Vol. 23, No. 4, 457-473 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/016344301023004003
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