Ethnography and hermeneutics in cybercultural research accessing IRC virtual communities

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Nocera, José L Abdelnour ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); INTERNET; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; WEBSITES;

CYSBERCULTURES; EPISTEMOLOGY; ETHNOGRAPHY;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 3042635869     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2002.tb00146.x     Document Type: Article

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