Feminist research in online spaces

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 526-543

  Morrow, Oona ^a   Hawkins, Roberta ^b   Kern, Leslie ^c  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

blog; ethics; Internet; methodology; online

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924194203     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2013.879108     Document Type: Article

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