When Privacy Goes Public: New Media and the Transformation of the Culture of Confession

Günter Burkart

doi:10.1057/9780230290679_3

When Privacy Goes Public: New Media and the Transformation of the Culture of Confession

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When Privacy Goes Public: New Media and the Transformation of the Culture of Confession. / Burkart, Günter.
Modern Privacy : Shifting Boundaries, New Forms. ed. / Harry Blatterer; Pauline Johnson; Maria R. Markus. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. p. 23-38.

Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review

Harvard

Burkart, G 2010, When Privacy Goes Public: New Media and the Transformation of the Culture of Confession. in H Blatterer, P Johnson & MR Markus (eds), Modern Privacy : Shifting Boundaries, New Forms. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, pp. 23-38. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230290679_3

APA

Burkart, G. (2010). When Privacy Goes Public: New Media and the Transformation of the Culture of Confession. In H. Blatterer, P. Johnson, & M. R. Markus (Eds.), Modern Privacy : Shifting Boundaries, New Forms (pp. 23-38). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230290679_3

Vancouver

Burkart G. When Privacy Goes Public: New Media and the Transformation of the Culture of Confession. In Blatterer H, Johnson P, Markus MR, editors, Modern Privacy : Shifting Boundaries, New Forms. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. 2010. p. 23-38 doi: 10.1057/9780230290679_3

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