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Pettinger, Lynne (2015) The judgement machine : markets, internet technologies and policies in commercial sex. Social Policy and Society, Volume 14 (Number 1). pp. 135-143. doi:10.1017/S1474746414000311 ISSN 1474-7464.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1474746414000311
Abstract
The judgements and valuations made on Internet review sites are part of contemporary consumer culture. This article considers what such sites do in the market for commercial sex. It contributes to policy discussions in two ways. Firstly, it considers how the infrastructure and mechanisms of the web enables organising, searching and reporting of consumer experience and hence how web reviews mediate commercial markets. It thereby draws links between social policies that concern the Internet and those that relate to sex work. Secondly, it explores how sex review sites mediate the field of commercial sex and discusses some of the potential insights for policy audiences. Policies directed at the regulation of this market will benefit from clear recognition of what customers understand their actions to be and how they participate in the construction of norms about commercial sex.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sex-oriented businesses, Prostitution -- Government policy, Consumer satisfaction | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Social Policy and Society | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1474-7464 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | January 2015 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | Volume 14 | ||||||||
| Number: | Number 1 | ||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 9 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 135-143 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/S1474746414000311 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 December 2015 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 29 December 2015 |
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