Playing with digital gender identity and cultural value

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 521-536

  Chen, Chih Ping ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cultural value; digital gender identity; gender stereotype; netnography; play

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; GENDER IDENTITY; INTERNET; SOCIAL NETWORK; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84957846726     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2015.1013455     Document Type: Article

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