Virtually sacred: The performance of asynchronous cyber-rituals in online spaces

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1103-1121

  Jacobs, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WEB DESIGN;

CHRISTIANS; OFFLINE; PERFORMANCE; SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS; WEB DESIGNERS;

SEMIOTICS;

EID: 34250027249     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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