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E-Rogenous Zones: Positioning Pornography in the Digital Economy

Davenport, Blaise Cronin, Elisabeth; Cronin, Blaise; Davenport, Elisabeth

Authors

Blaise Cronin, Elisabeth Davenport

Blaise Cronin

Elisabeth Davenport



Abstract

Electronic commerce offers immense opportunities to the producers of pornographic products and services. Although this sector generates significant revenues, it is almost invisible in academic literature on the information society and the digital economy, where it is both little discussed and undertheorized. We suggest that a social shaping of technology framework may help explain current moves by stakeholders in the industry to achieve legitimacy, and that this approach may assist future analyses of commercial dynamics in the online pornography sector.

Citation

Davenport, B. C. E., Cronin, B., & Davenport, E. (2001). E-Rogenous Zones: Positioning Pornography in the Digital Economy. Information Society, 17(1), 33-48. https://doi.org/10.1080/019722401750067414

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2001-01
Deposit Date Sep 22, 2010
Journal Information Society
Print ISSN 0197-2243
Electronic ISSN 1087-6537
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 17
Issue 1
Pages 33-48
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/019722401750067414
Keywords E-commerce; digital; economy; pornography; social; shaping; technology
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3113
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/019722401750067414