Introducing masculinity studies to information systems research: The case of Gaydar

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 658-665

  Light, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Masculinity; On line communities; Sexuality; Social shaping of technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648942156     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000709     Document Type: Article

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