Crafting self identity in a virtual community Chinese internet users and their political sense form

Multicultural Education and Technology Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 238-258

  Tian, Robert G ^a   Wu, Yan ^b  

^a MEDAILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Internet; Motivation (psychology); Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751633549     PISSN: 1750497X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17504970710832835     Document Type: Article

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