Textual interaction as sexual interaction: Sexuality and/in the online interview

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 18-30

  Beusch, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyberspace; Internet; Interviewing; Online research; Power; Sadomasochism; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749023151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1569     Document Type: Article

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