LIVING WITH CANCER: Affective Labour, Self-expression And The Utility of Blogs

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1266-1285

  McCosker, Anthony ^a   Darcy, Raya ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

e health; ICTs; social media; social theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883488730     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2012.758303     Document Type: Article

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