Breaking out of binaries: Reconceptualizing gender and its relationship to language in computer-mediated communication

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Rodino, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); COMPOSITION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INTERNET; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BINARIES; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; SPEECH FEATURES;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0007185463     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.1997.tb00074.x     Document Type: Review

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