Young women and ‘technologies of the self’: Social networking and sexualities

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Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 75-86

  Bosch, Tanja ^a  

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Author keywords

Facebook; internet sexuality; mobiles; social networking; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874897337     PISSN: 10130950     EISSN: 2158978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2011.630579     Document Type: Article

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