Shaping feelings in cyberspace: The case of Chinese seafarer-partners

Emotion, Space and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-110

  Tang, Lijun ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective effervescence; Emotion management; Online support groups; Seafarer partners; Shaping feelings

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649085933     PISSN: 17554586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emospa.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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