Archiving the self? Facebook as biography of social and relational memory

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-38

  Richardson, Kathleen ^a   Hessey, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BT Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Electronic media; Networking; Students; Surveillance; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993099008     PISSN: 1477996X     EISSN: 17588871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14779960910938070     Document Type: Article

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