“If I Want It, It’s OK”: Usenet and the (Outer) Limits of Free Speech

Information Society

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 365-386

  Pfaffenberger, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerization movements; Free Speech; Impact of technology; Internet; Usenet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030375550     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019722496129350     Document Type: Article

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