Who's Talking Online? A Descriptive Analysis of Gender & Online Communication

International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education (IJICTE)

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-54

  Hartsell, Taralynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; distance learning; gender bias; online communications

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001828609     PISSN: 15501876     EISSN: 15501337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jicte.2005010105     Document Type: Article

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