Staking territory in the “World White Web”: An exploration of the roles of overt and color-blind racism in maintaining racial boundaries on a popular web site

Social Currents

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 257-274

  Kettrey, Heather Hensman ^a   Laster, Whitney Nicole ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Gender; Internet; Media; Race; Racial and ethnic minorities

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011705916     PISSN: 23294965     EISSN: 23294973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2329496514540134     Document Type: Article

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