New hope or old power: Democracy, pornography and the internet

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 285-299

  Heider, Don ^a   Harp, Dustin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic Communication; Feminism; Internet; Male Gaze; Pornography; Power; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977801173     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170216119     Document Type: Article

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