The potential for virtual communities to promote diversity in the sciences

Current Sociology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1003-1020

  Murthy, Dhiraj ^a   Rodriguez, Atilano ^b   Kinstler, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c National Press Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; identity; Internet; mentorship; online forums; science; social media; STEM; STS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886904917     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392113502994     Document Type: Article

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