Involving the virtual subject

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 233-240

  Bakardjieva, Maria ^a   Feenberg, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyberspace; Online community; Privacy; Research ethics; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

DATA PRIVACY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CYBERSPACES; ELECTRONIC RECORDS; GROUP COMMUNICATIONS; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL CONVENTION; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 8844253114     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1011454606534     Document Type: Article

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