Email forwardables: Folklore in the age of the internet

New Media and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 770-790

  Kibby, Marjorie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chain letters; Electronic mail; Email; Folklore.

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144508375     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444805058161     Document Type: Review

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