Online personals and narratives of the self: Australia's RSVP

Convergence

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-107

  Smaill, Belinda ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 38549168493     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135485650401000107     Document Type: Article

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23. www.friendfinder.com and www.nerve.com are examples of such sites.
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