Youth, MySpace, and the interstitial spaces of becoming and belonging

Journal of LGBT Youth

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-142

  MacIntosh, Lori ^a   Bryson, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyberspace; Internet; Lesbian and gay studies; Media studies; Peer to peer; Queer theory; Social networking; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649959519     PISSN: 19361653     EISSN: 19361661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J524v05n01_11     Document Type: Article

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