Gender and (A)nonymity in Computer-Mediated Communication

The Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 567-586

  Herring, Susan C ^a   Stoerger, Sharon ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Computer mediated communication; Difference; Disparity; Gender; Internet; Mobile technologies; Multimodality; Self presentation; Social media; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052944554     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118584248.ch29     Document Type: Chapter

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