Hyperbole over cyberspace: Self-presentation and social boundaries in internet home pages and discourse

Information Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-327

  Wynn, Eleanor ^a   Katz, James E ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyberspace; E mail; Home pages; Internet communications; Postmodernism; Presentation of self; Social boundaries; Social construction; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031327513     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019722497129043     Document Type: Article

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