How Women Conquer the Metaverse: The Next Social Revolution

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This book explores how women are shaping the forthcoming Metaverse with a unique social perspective that promises to revolutionize society and will ultimately influence the future of humanity both economically and politically.

Phylis West Johnson and Tina Korani examine women in leadership across the top Metaverse companies, especially those with primarily female membership and content creators, noting that although women play a large role in fueling virtual platforms through content creation, their overall decision-making power appears limited in the larger Metaverse. The authors expound on women's social contributions to the development of the Metaverse, arguing that women in this position have fundamentally different conceptions from mainstream depictions of the Metaverse and foreground the potential to make change through content creation and social ideation over the potential to use it as a path to wealth.

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Phylis West Johnson is Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications and Founder of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications Immersive Storytelling Lab at San Jos State University.

Tina Korani is Associate Professor of Media Design in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at San Jos State University.