The radical act of 'mommy blogging': Redefining motherhood through the blogosphere

New Media and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 729-747

  Lopez, Lori Kido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogging; Mommy blog; Motherhood; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449498846     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444809105349     Document Type: Article

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