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Original Articles

The varieties of cyberspace: Problems in definition and delimitation

Pages 382-412 | Published online: 06 Jun 2009

Notes

  • 1996 . Presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Communication Association . April 25–28 1996 , New York City.
  • 1996 . 82nd Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association . November 23–26 1996 , San Diego.
  • Strate , L. , Jacobson , R. and Gibson , S. B. , eds. 1996 . Communication and Cyberspace: Social Interaction in an Electronic Environment 1 – 22 .
  • Watzlawick . 1976 . How Real is Real? ,

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