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How Women Conquer the Metaverse

The Next Social Revolution

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Phylis West Johnson and Tina Korani reveal how women are shaping the forthcoming Metaverse with a unique social perspective that promises to revolutionize society.

Examining women in leadership across the top Metaverse companies through interviews and analysis, Johnson and Korani highlight women's social contributions to the development of the Metaverse. These women, they contend, have fundamentally different conceptions of the Metaverse than those shown in mainstream depictions, foregrounding the potential to make meaningful change through content creation and social ideation over the potential to use it as a path to easy wealth.

Although women play a large role in fueling virtual platforms through content creation, their overall decision-making power appears limited in the larger Metaverse, reflecting similar societal tensions to those that women face in reality. Ultimately, however, this book embraces the Metaverse as a landscape rich with potential, emphasizing not only women's responsibility for creating this space but also the benefits to be gained from it as it influences the economic and political futures of humanity.

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Halima Kazem (Stanford University, USA)

Acknowledgements

Introduction
Part I: The Building Blocks
1. Envisioning the Metaverse
2. It Takes a Village
3. Constructing Digital Identities
4. The Rise of Women Leaders
5. On The Way to the Metaverse

Part II: The Social Revolution
6. Social Media
7. Love in the Metaverse
8. The Metaverse at Work
9. The Party Moved to Paris Island
10. Immersive Journalism
11. Lifelong Learning in the Metaverse

Part III: Stepping Outside The Box
12. Mother Nature in the Metaverse
13. Spirituality, Death, and Immorality in the Metaverse
14. The Rise of AI Female Superstars in the Metaverse
Kobe Turangan (Independent Scholar, USA) and Phylis West Johnson (San José State University, USA)
Chapter 15. The Virtual Body Dismantles Cultural Norms and Binaries
Hira Roberts (Prairie View A&M University, USA)
16. Building a Critical Whiteness Practice
Haley R. Hatfield (University of South Carolina, USA)
17. The Next Dimension: Voices Shaping the Future

Conclusion: Charting the Future

Epilogue (Author's Final Thoughts)
Bibliography
About the Contributors
About the Authors
Index

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 06 Aug 2026
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 352
ISBN 9781978770218
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 18 bw illus
Series Studies in New Media
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Phylis West Johnson

Phylis West Johnson is a professor in the School o…

Author

Tina Korani

Tina Korani is Associate Professor of Media Design…

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