Reagency of the Internet, or, how I became a guest for science

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 723-754

  Shrum, Wesley ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Society for Social Studies of Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration agency; Computer mediated communication; Developing areas; Ghana; Human computer interaction; Identity; Kenya; Third World

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144550222     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312705052106     Document Type: Review

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