Sexual Information Seeking on Web Search Engines

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-72

  Spink, Amanda ^a   Koricich, Andrew ^b   Jansen, B J ^b   Cole, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPULSION; EROTISM; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; LESBIAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

DISCLOSURE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 1442304566     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109493104322820138     Document Type: Article

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