Sex and the virtual suburbs: the pornosphere and community standards

, , & (2015) Sex and the virtual suburbs: the pornosphere and community standards. In Maginn, P J & Steinmetz, C (Eds.) (Sub)urban sexscapes: geographies and regulation of the sex industry. Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 159-174.

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This chapter looks at the management and zoning of online sexual culture–the web sites which make up the pornosphere (McNair 2013). It explores the concept of ‘community standards’, which has been a central part of the management of sexually explicit materials in the offline world, and asks what it might mean to talk about ‘community standards’ on the Internet. And finally, it uses the concept of virtual-community standards to revisit the question of managing access to sexually explicit materials on the Internet.

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ID Code: 66455
Item Type: Chapter in Book, Report or Conference volume (Chapter)
ORCID iD:
McNair, Brianorcid.org/0000-0002-7918-6391
Watson, Anne-Francesorcid.org/0000-0002-3899-0404
Measurements or Duration: 16 pages
ISBN: 978-0-415-85528-0
Pure ID: 32782648
Divisions: Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Creative Industries Faculty
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Copyright Owner: © 2015 Paul J. Maginn and Christine Steinmetz
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