"I'm scared to look. but I'm dying to know": Information seeking and sharing on pro-ana weblogs

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 47, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Fleming May, Rachel A ^a   Miller, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Information practice; peer information sharing; Information seeking and sharing; Online communities; Pro anorexia; Sharing harmful information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861446996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15508390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.14504701212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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