The ethical status of non-commercial spam

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-152

  Rooksby, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bulk e mail; Civil society organizations; Junk e mail; Non commercial spam; Spam

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; JUNK E-MAIL; NON-COMMERCIAL SPAM; POLITICAL PARTIES; SPAM;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

INTERNET;

EID: 34848908326     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-007-9136-4     Document Type: Article

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