Too close to see: men, women, and webcams

White, Michele

doi:10.1177/1461444803005001901

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“…Some studies, however, point up the activity's subversive aspect (Knight, 2000). By considering sexcamming from the angle of identity construction, this research shows how broadcasting erotic shows can give women a way to regain control over their bodies and their sexuality (White, 2003;Senft, 2008;Nayar, 2017). Although close attention should be paid to the risks and opportunities of sexcamming for women, it is important not to lose sight of the activity's socioeconomic dimension.…”

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“…Although sexcamming is a key line of business in the new sex economy, it remains relatively uncharted territory (Jones, 2015;Henry and Farvid, 2017). In the 2000s, some ground-breaking studies did look into the nascent industry (see, in particular, Knight, 2000;White, 2003;Dobson, 2007;Senft, 2008), but this research and other more recent studies often consider the business from the angle of the feminist "sex wars" controversy. These studies, whether for or against the controversy (Jones, 2016), generally discuss the trade's coercive or empowering nature (Cruz and Sajo, 2015;Jones, 2016;Henry and Farvid, 2017).…”

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Performing Amateurism: A Study of Camgirls’ Work

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Finez

2019

The Social Meaning of Extra Money

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colorism (Jones, 2015). Some studies, however, point up the activity's subversive aspect (Knight, 2000). By considering sexcamming from the angle of identity construction, this research shows how broadcasting erotic shows can give women a way to regain control over their bodies and their sexuality (White, 2003;Senft, 2008;Nayar, 2017). Although close attention should be paid to the risks and opportunities of sexcamming for women, it is important not to lose sight of the activity's socioeconomic dimension. Like all the new forms of online sex work, sexcamming should be viewed as one of the aspects of platform capitalism run on a workforce -generally flexible, underpaid and feminized (van Doorn, 2017) -competing for work. This chapter analyzes women's professional engagement in the sexcamming economy. From this point of view, our work echoes the study by N. van Doorn and OlavVelthuis (2018) on how sex models devise strategies to give meaning to what they do and cope with uncertain market mechanisms. In our case, we study camgirls' professional engagement logics through the lens of amateurism (Nayar, 2017). Like the logics described by Brooke Erin Duffy in the world of fashion blogging (Duffy, 2015), the sexcamming economy is based on a "myth". To attract viewers, the sexcamming platforms claim that the sex models are not professionals and that they broadcast shows for fun, from their own homes and in their free time. Our survey reveals, however, that camgirls take their work very seriously. The women interviewed are generally full-time camgirls and sexcamming is their main (or only) source of income.Unlike most of the other cases in this book, the camgirls' line of work therefore equates less with the marketization of everyday life than with a commodification of so-called everyday life, as its clients imagine it to be. In what circumstances do certain women decide to start broadcasting sexual content on the Internet? Once in the business, how to they learn how

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Performing Amateurism: A Study of Camgirls’ Work

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Finez

2019

The Social Meaning of Extra Money

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“…Definisi ini tentu memiliki dua dimensi dari voyuerisme yang tidak pernah mampu disajikan oleh acara realitas. Pertama, gagasan utama pengamatan diam-diam yang memungkinkan untuk terlibat dalam aliran satu sisi informasi (one sided information) karena obyek yang diawasi tidak menyadari (Calvert & Brown, 2000;Kuhn, 1995;MacNamara & Sagarin, 1977), tidak sesuai dengan akar acara realitas dimana peserta acara realitas seringkali sadar dan terlibat dalam proses pengamatan (Nabi et al, 2003;White, 2003). Kedua, program realitas tidak mengakomodasi dimensi seksual dari keinginan voyeuristik individu, terlebih karena beragam aturan penyiaran yang berlaku.…”

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Saat Perempuan Mengintip Cinta Demaskulinisasi dalam Reality show “Playboy Kabel”

Arymami

2016

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AbstrakDitengah unsur voyeurism yang tersaji dalam acara reality show, secara umum bisa dikatakan bahwa acara sejenis selalu memaparkan persoalan kuasa melalui pandangan yang tidak tersadari. Berdasarkan karakteristik utama voyuerisme dan kuasa ini, acara realitas percintaan memaparkan sebuah persoalan yang menarik. Giur yang dibawa dalam acara realitas bertema percintaan tidak semata akses atas ranah privat relasi percintaan, namun sebagai satu kemasan medium hiburan budaya pop secara keseluruhan menjadi wadah kontestasi lebih lanjut atas waham nilai dan identitas perempuan dan laki-laki dalam berelasi ditengah masyarakat. Bila voyuerism merepresentasikan kuasa, maka sekilas acara realitas Playboy Kabel menyajikan deskonstruksi nilai sosial yang menarik untuk ditelaah, dalam posisi kuasa nilai relasi ditengah masyarakat. Tulisan ini berupaya memaparkan sejauh mana deskonstruksi makna kuasa dalam relasi percintaan heteroseksual disajikan dalam acara PlayBoy Kabel. Ketidaksadaran atas unsur voyuerisme dapat bergerak dalam pendulum antara dua titik ekstrem, penstabilan dan deskonstruksi nilai di tengah masyarakat.

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“…Media use (like development) is an area where sexualities are actively made and remade (Chen 2003;Magnet 2007;Senfst 2000;Turkle 1995;White 2003). ICT4D needs to include an understanding of the potential affective and sexual effects of interventions.…”

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‘Mobile Love Videos Make Me Feel Healthy’: Rethinking ICTs for Development

Ganesh¹

2010

IDS Working Papers

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About IDSThe Institute of Development Studies is one of the world's leading charities for research, teaching and communications on international development. Founded in 1966, the Institute enjoys an international reputation based on the quality of its work and the rigour with which it applies academic skills to real world challenges. Its purpose is to understand and explain the world, and to try to change it -to influence as well as to inform.IDS hosts five dynamic research programmes, five popular postgraduate courses, and a family of world-class web-based knowledge services. These three spheres are integrated in a unique combination -as a development knowledge hub, IDS is connected into and is a convenor of networks throughout the world.The Institute is home to approximately 80 researchers, 50 knowledge services staff, 50 support staff and about 150 students at any one time. But the IDS community extends far beyond, encompassing an extensive network of partners, former staff and students across the development community worldwide. This publication is copyright, but may be reproduced by any method without fee for teaching or non-profit purposes, but not for resale. Formal permission is required for all such uses, but normally will be granted immediately. For copying in any other circumstances, or for re-use in other publications, or for translation or adaptation, prior written permission must be obtained from the publisher and a fee may be payable. SummaryICT4D discourses tell stories of poor farmers using the internet to compare crop prices, and nurses who use SMS to remind people to take their antiretrovirals. Do nurses also use work-mobiles to make private phone calls? Do farmers surf for pornography when they are supposed to be comparing crop prices? In the ICTs for Development discourse, ICTs are positioned as tools and processes to fight poverty and facilitate empowerment through economic and educational gains; I argue that this discourse ignores the diverse ways in which the poor and the marginalised use media technologies in their everyday lives for social networking, entertainment, to produce and participate in intimate and erotic economies, and to express and experience their sexuality, relationships, pleasure and intimacy in ways that could also be considered empowering. Media use (like development) is an area where sexualities are actively made and remade. ICT4D needs to include an understanding of the potential emotional and sexual effects of interventions. Ethnographic studies of media consumption and use are needed to provide a deeper understanding of sexuality in a way that contributes to applications in a development context. This paper presents one such ethnographic study on how a community uses mobile phones, with the hope that it may provide clues and cues for people and organisations working across these related areas of ICT4D, sexuality, culture and gender. This paper presents a short pilot project of in-depth interviews with six self-identified Kothis, a South Asian feminine male identit...

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Too close to see: men, women, and webcams

Cited by 45 publications

References 9 publications

Performing Amateurism: A Study of Camgirls’ Work

Performing Amateurism: A Study of Camgirls’ Work

Saat Perempuan Mengintip Cinta Demaskulinisasi dalam Reality show “Playboy Kabel”

‘Mobile Love Videos Make Me Feel Healthy’: Rethinking ICTs for Development

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