Risky business: Why people feel safe in sexually explcit on-line communication

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages

  Witmer, Diane F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MAIL; FIBER OPTICS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (CMC); ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ON-LINE COMMUNICATION;

INTERNET;

EID: 0010202826     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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