Cyberbullies, Cyberactivists, Cyberpredators: Film, TV, and Internet Stereotypes

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 8
Copyright......Page 9
Contents......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
1. He’s a Little Strange but he’s a Genius: The Netgeek......Page 18
Geek Goes Global......Page 20
Geek Gets Cool......Page 26
A Passionate Embrace......Page 28
Social Isolation......Page 29
Fears of Addiction......Page 33
The Internet and Self-Sufficiency......Page 34
A Place Without Rejection......Page 36
A Different Breed......Page 37
The Netgeek and Asperger’s......Page 39
In a Different Voice......Page 40
More Brains Than Brawn......Page 44
The Sexual Reject......Page 47
The Black Netgeek......Page 52
The Asian Netgeek......Page 53
The (Net)Geek Will Inherit the Earth......Page 56
2. The worse you look the smarter they think you are: The Neckbeard......Page 60
Men, Computing, and Fashion......Page 61
Unkemptness......Page 65
Fatness and Internet Use......Page 68
Junk Food......Page 70
A Sedentary Lifestyle......Page 74
Sex Appeal and Fatness......Page 76
The Loathing of Fat......Page 78
The Amateur Critic......Page 81
Online Misogyny......Page 85
Misogyny through Dialogue......Page 86
Misogyny through Trolling......Page 89
Misogyny through Act......Page 92
Neckbeards and Hatred......Page 94
3. I only typed words on a computer: The Cyberbully......Page 98
Revictimization......Page 100
The Internet as Instigator......Page 103
Anonymity and Bad Behavior......Page 107
Anonymity and Exaggerated Evil......Page 111
New Bullies......Page 113
New Victims......Page 115
Arm’s-Length Attacks......Page 116
Mandatory Social Networking......Page 118
The Youth Bias......Page 119
The Role of Gender......Page 122
Girls Will Be Girls......Page 123
Slut-Shaming......Page 125
Adult Cyberbullies......Page 129
Revenge Porn......Page 131
Cyberbullying as a Recreation......Page 133
4. They prefer to describe themselves as cyberactivists: The Hacker......Page 136
The Hacker as Criminal Outsider......Page 139
Screen Definitions......Page 140
Men......Page 148
Power......Page 152
Youth......Page 156
Ladies of the Hack......Page 160
Gender and Transgression......Page 162
Lifestyle and Transgression......Page 163
The Politically Transgressive Hacker......Page 165
The Dietarily Transgressive Hacker......Page 167
The Sexually Transgressive Hacker......Page 168
The Hacker Aesthetic......Page 169
Cybergoth......Page 170
The Future......Page 172
Looking Different......Page 173
Androgyny......Page 175
Fetishism......Page 179
Cute and Geeky......Page 180
5. You can meet creepazoids from all over the world without leaving the comfort of your own home: The Cyberpredator......Page 182
The Internet Badlands......Page 184
Inherent Vulnerabilities......Page 189
The Cyberpredator as Bogeyman......Page 192
The Online Dating Bogeyman......Page 197
The Anonymous Online Dating Bogeyman......Page 205
The Duplicitous Online Dating Bogeyman......Page 206
White-Lie Deception......Page 212
The Online Dating Devil You Know......Page 213
Appearance Deception......Page 220
Gender Deception......Page 225
Age Deception......Page 227
Identity Deception......Page 231
Research......Page 234
Keeping Tabs......Page 235
Spying......Page 239
Pursuit and Harassment......Page 241
The Internet to Scam......Page 243
6. Billions of dollars have gone into inventing the Internet and filling it with pictures of naked women so we don’t have to peep through windows: The Cyberperv......Page 246
Pornography and Pornification......Page 247
Getting Sprung, Getting Reprimanded......Page 249
Perversion and Addiction......Page 251
Perversion and Doubly Deviant Content......Page 254
Netporn and Perverse Inspiration......Page 255
Netporn and Substitution......Page 258
Netporn and Voyeurism......Page 261
Webcams and Digital Peeping......Page 263
Internet-Aided Exhibitionism......Page 269
Confession and Perversion......Page 275
Cybersex......Page 277
Cybersex as Experimental......Page 279
Cybersex as Substitute......Page 280
Virtual Sex......Page 282
Internet Solace......Page 288
Infidelity and Netporn......Page 290
Internet and Cybersex......Page 291
Homosexuality......Page 292
Privacy Maintenance......Page 294
The Pregay Driver......Page 295
Geographic Isolation......Page 298
More Than Just Sex......Page 299
Conclusion......Page 302
Notes......Page 304
Bibliography......Page 360
Movies......Page 392
Television Shows......Page 399
Web Series......Page 404
Index......Page 406