Defending the boundaries: Identifying and countering threats in a usenet newsgroup

Information Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-62

  Phillips, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated Communication; Gay; Lesbian; Threats And Defense; Usenet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030533269     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019722496129693     Document Type: Article

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