Theorizing cyberspace: The idea of voice applied to the internet discourse

New Media and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 479-498

  Mitra, Ananda ^a,b   Watts, Eric ^a,c  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse; Eloquence; Ethos; Internet; Power; Space; Voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036931009     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146144402321466778     Document Type: Article

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