Ethical harm in virtual communities

Bastiaan Vanacker; Don Heider

doi:10.1177/1354856511419916

Ethical harm in virtual communities

Bastiaan Vanacker
, Don Heider

School of Communication

Loyola University Chicago

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Original language	American English
Journal	Convergence
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856511419916
State	Published - Jan 31 2012

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Psychology

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