Are digital media institutions shaping youth’s intimate stories? Strategies and tactics in the social networking site Netlog

New Media and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 356-374

  De Ridder, Sander ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intimate storytelling; media practice; Netlog; queer feminist critique; social media institutions; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922929524     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444813504273     Document Type: Article

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