Queer theory, cyber-ethnographies and researching online sex environments

Information and Communications Technology Law

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-314

  Ashford, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Internet; Queer; Research methods; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349090417     PISSN: 13600834     EISSN: 14698404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600830903424734     Document Type: Article

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