Talking suicide: Online conversations about a taboo subject

Nordicom Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 35-46

  Westerlund, Michael ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Authenticity; Counter discourse; Disclosures; Internet; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888242136     PISSN: 14031108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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