Queer identity management and political self-expression on social networking sites: A co-cultural approach to the spiral of silence

Journal of Communication

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-100

  Fox, Jesse ^a   Warber, Katie M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co Cultural Theory; Identity Management; LGBT Issues; Political Expression; Sexual Identity; Sexual Minorities; Social Media; Social Networking Sites; Spiral of Silence

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; HOMOSEXUALITY; INTERNET; SOCIAL NETWORK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922880458     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12137     Document Type: Article

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