Monsters in cyberspace cyberphobia and cultural panic in the information age

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-61

  Sandywell, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alterity theory; Critical Net research; Cybercrime; Cyberphobia; Cyberspace; Cyberterrorism; Digital capitalism; Globalization; Moral panics; Risk society; Teratological space

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244483866     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180500519407     Document Type: Article

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