The art of Invective: Performing identity in cyberspace

New Media and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-70

  Vrooman, Steven S ^a  

^a TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flaming; Genre; Identity; Invective; Performance; The dozens

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036101537     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14614440222226262     Document Type: Article

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