Using skype to mother: Bodies, emotions, visuality, and screens

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 664-679

  Longhurst, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bodies; Mothering; Real time image; Screens; Skype; Space

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; REAL TIME; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HAMILTON [WAIKATO]; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

EID: 84881604414     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d20111     Document Type: Article

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