Gay media, inc.: Media structures, the new gay conglomerates, and collective sexual identities

Cyberactivism: Online Activism in Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 255-278

  Gamson, Joshua ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85069870867     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203954317-19     Document Type: Chapter

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