Web technologies of the self: The arising of the "Blogger" identity

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 408-421

  Siles, Ignacio ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogs; Co construction; Identity; Materiality; Michel Foucault; Online Diaries; Subjectivity; Technologies of the Self

Indexed keywords

WEBSITES;

CO-CONSTRUCTION; IDENTITY; MATERIALITY; MICHEL FOUCAULT; ONLINE DIARIES; SUBJECTIVITY;

BLOGS;

EID: 84863769018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2012.01581.x     Document Type: Article

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