Language as power on the internet

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1899-1903

  Flammia, Madelyn ^a   Saunders, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS; POWER POSITION;

LINGUISTICS;

INTERNET;

EID: 35348835987     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20659     Document Type: Article

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