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(Un)ethical practices: intimacy and Internet in the media coverage of the Ashley Madison hack

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(Un)ethical practices: intimacy and Internet in the media coverage of the Ashley Madison hack . / Gauthier, Maude.
In: Feminist Media Studies, 26.04.2017.

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Harvard

Gauthier, M 2017, '(Un)ethical practices: intimacy and Internet in the media coverage of the Ashley Madison hack ', Feminist Media Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2017.1316754

APA

Gauthier, M. (2017). (Un)ethical practices: intimacy and Internet in the media coverage of the Ashley Madison hack . Feminist Media Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2017.1316754

Vancouver

Gauthier M. (Un)ethical practices: intimacy and Internet in the media coverage of the Ashley Madison hack . Feminist Media Studies. 2017 Apr 26. Epub 2017 Apr 26. doi: 10.1080/14680777.2017.1316754

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Gauthier, Maude. / (Un)ethical practices : intimacy and Internet in the media coverage of the Ashley Madison hack . In: Feminist Media Studies. 2017.

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