No boys allowed: The world wide web as a clubhouse for girls

Computers and Composition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-106

  Takayoshi, Pamela ^a   Huot, Emily ^b   Huot, Meghan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Girl friendly; Web authoring Web sites; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033473486     PISSN: 87554615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8755-4615(99)80007-3     Document Type: Article

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