Virtually homosexual: Technoromanticism, demarginalisation and identity formation among homosexual males

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Crowson, Maxwell ^a   Goulding, Anne ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

CMC; Coming out; Homosexual males; Identity formation; Technoromanticism; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

CMC; COMING OUT; HOMOSEXUAL MALES; IDENTITY FORMATION; TECHNOROMANTICISM; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84878819806     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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