Moral panic and alternative identity construction in Usenet

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Baker, Paul ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; ONLINE SEARCHING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ELECTRONIC FORUMS; INTERNET USERS; USENET;

INTERNET;

EID: 3242778521     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2001.tb00136.x     Document Type: Review

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