Online personal ads: Community and sex, virtually

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-33

  Gudelunas, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer dating; Computer mediated communication; Gay and lesbian; Identity construction; Online services; Personal ads; PlanetOut; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LESBIAN; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ADVERTISING; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE;

EID: 23944515244     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v49n01_01     Document Type: Article

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