Web pages, authors and audiences: The meaning of a mouse click

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 182-198

  Hine, Christine ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audience; Identity; Internet; Technology; User; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842444903     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180110044452     Document Type: Article

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