Resisting alienation: The social construction of internet communities supporting eating disorders

Communication Studies

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  McCabe, Jessi ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating Disorder; Fantasy theme Analysis; Internet; New Media; Social Networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650412841     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970802623542     Document Type: Article

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