'I will do everything that am asked': Scambaiting, digital show-space, and the racial violence of social media

Journal of Visual Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 257-274

  Nakamura, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; digital media; gender; race; social inequality; visual culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918769967     PISSN: 14704129     EISSN: 17412994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470412914546845     Document Type: Article

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