Transparency on the Net: Functions and deficiencies of Internet search engines

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Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-74

  Machill, Marcel ^a,b   Neuberger, Christoph ^c,d   Schindler, Friedemann ^e  

^a BERTELSMANN STIFTUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e Jugendschultznet ^*

Author keywords

Children; Control; Internet; Search engines; Young people

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; SAFETY;

EID: 23744462180     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636690310473890     Document Type: Article

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