Networked masculinities and social networking sites: A call for the analysis of men and contemporary digital media;Masculinidades en red y redes Sociales: Análisis de los hombres y los medios digitales contemporáneos

Masculinities and Social Change

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-265

  Light, Ben ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital media; Masculinites; Social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931824097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20143605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4471/MCS.2013.34     Document Type: Article

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