eBay ethics: Simulating civility today, for the 'digital democracies' of tomorrow

Convergence

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-244

  MacDougall, Robert ^a  

^a CURRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; McLuhan; Media environment; Panopticon; Socio technical system; Tetrad

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952294212     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856509357584     Document Type: Article

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