'I could well have said I was Norwegian but nobody would believe me': Ethnic minority youths' self-representation on social network sites

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-193

  Mainsah, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

identity construction; migrant; Norway; social network sites; young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955122246     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: 14603551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367549410391926     Document Type: Article

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