Making cyberspaces into cyberplaces

Journal of Geography

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 253-265

  Barta Smith, Nancy A ^a   Hathaway, James T ^a  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyberspace; Merleau Ponty; Metaphor; Place; Virtual field trip; Web design

Indexed keywords

FIELDWORK; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; INTERNET; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0034463192     PISSN: 00221341     EISSN: 17526868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221340008978976     Document Type: Article

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