Contemporary Social Media Amplifies Traditional Masculinity and Femininity

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Published: Dec 31, 2025
Updated: 2025-12-31
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14434/li.v23.42786
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gender, language, CMC, platform affordances, anonymity, multimodality, algorithmic, Tradwives
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Shivangi Garg
Indiana University, Bloomington

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Garg, S. (2025). Contemporary Social Media Amplifies Traditional Masculinity and Femininity. Language@Internet, 23, 73–82. https://doi.org/10.14434/li.v23.42786
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Shivangi Garg, Indiana University, Bloomington

Shivangi Garg [gargshiv@iu.edu] is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University, Bloomington, specializing in computer-mediated communication. Her research explores how marginalized communities in the Global South navigate digital self-presentation, identity construction, and community formation on dating apps and social media platforms.

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