Prosuming Identity

The Production and Consumption of Transableism on Transabled.org

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3757956
AutoresJenny L Davis (0000-0003-0952-5842, Texas A&M University, autor correspondente), Jenny Davis (0000-0002-6393-7795, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA)
Ano2012
Volume56
Fascículo4
Páginas596-617
Data de publicação2012-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764211429361
OpenAlexW2138236987
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas48

Prosumption refers to the blurring of production and consumption. Although this has always been present (Ritzer, 2009), the contemporary era creates an environment in which prosumption can flourish. Specifically, the presence of Web 2.0 has led to an abundance of user-generated content, produced by those who consume it. I wish to argue here for an extension of the theoretical idea of prosumption into the arena of identity. Currently, prosumption is conceptualized in a way that understands as separate the prosumer of content, and the content that is prosumed. I argue that this is a false distinction, as content that is prosumed can also signify an identity for its prosumer(s). I illustrate this argument by qualitatively analyzing the introduction statements, subsequent entries, and public comments of the bloggers and participants on transabled.org , a user-generated website for people who believe that they were born in incorrectly-able bodies. By prosuming the content on transabled.org , members of this online community simultaneously prosume their own transabled identities, and construct transableism as a culturally available identity category

Aesthetics · Argument (complex analysis) · Construct (python library) · Consumption (sociology) · Content (measure theory) · Extension (predicate logic) · Identity (music) · Internet privacy · Prosumer · Social media · Social science · Sociology · The Internet · User-generated content · Web 2.0 · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Social Power and Status Dynamics