ONLINE NETWORKS AND EMOTIONAL ENERGY: How pro-anorexic websites use interaction ritual chains to (re)form identity

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-124

  Maloney, Patricia ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

eating disorders; emotional energy; identity formation; identity on the internet; interaction ritual chains; pro ana; pro anorexia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871501957     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2012.659197     Document Type: Article

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