Internet research: Privacy, ethics and alienation: An open source approach

Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-332

  Berry, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Internet; Privacy; Public domain software; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 8844276770     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240410555333     Document Type: Article

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