Facework on Facebook: The presentation of self in virtual life and its role in the US elections

Anthropology Today

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 8-12

  Dalsgaard, Steffen ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 57649232846     PISSN: 0268540X     EISSN: 14678322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2008.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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