Culture and empowerment in the Deaf community: An analysis of internet weblogs

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 388-406

  Hamill, Alexis C ^a   Stein, Catherine H ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deaf community; Deaf culture; Empowerment; Internet; Weblogs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960979445     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.1081     Document Type: Article

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