Does your mother know what you really do? the changing nature and image of computer-based pornography

History and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-25

  Coopersmith, Jonathan ^a  

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Author keywords

Cybersex; E commerce; Internet; Pornography

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055355908     PISSN: 07341512     EISSN: 14772620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07341510500508610     Document Type: Article

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