The production of pro-suicide content on the internet: A counter-discourse activity

New Media and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 764-780

  Westerlund, Michael ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

counter discourse; internet; pro suicide; suicide; websites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863743407     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444811425221     Document Type: Article

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