Ekstasis and the internet: Liminality and computer-mediated communication

New Media and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-63

  Waskul, Dennis D ^a,b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chat; Computer mediated communications; Cybersex; Ekstasis; Internet; Liminality

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844298096     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444805049144     Document Type: Review

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