Sex and power: Gender differences in computer-mediated interactions

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 381-394

  Sussman, N M ^a   Tyson, D H ^a  

^a Anthropol   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; LINGUISTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CYBERTALK; ELECTRONIC DISCUSSIONS; GENDER DIFFERENCES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0034229637     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(00)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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