Love on the internet: A framework for understanding Eros online

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 216-232

  Briggle, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Human nature; Individual psychology; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993016563     PISSN: 1477996X     EISSN: 17588871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14779960810916228     Document Type: Article

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