The social, political, economic, and cultural dimensions of search engines: An introduction

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 769-777

  Hargittai, Eszter ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Communication Studies ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; ONLINE CONTENT; POLITICAL DIMENSIONS; SOCIAL DIMENSIONS; SOCIAL PROCESS; TECHNICAL ASPECTS;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 34250026963     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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