"You Live and You Learn": Sex and Relationship Vlogging and the Production of Knowledge

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"You Live and You Learn" : Sex and Relationship Vlogging and the Production of Knowledge. / Andelsman Alvarez, Victoria.

Identities and Intimacies on Social Media: Transnational Perspectives. ed. / Tonny Krijnen; Paul Nixon; Michelle Ravenscroft; Cosimo Scarcelli. Routledge, 2022. p. 103-118.

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Harvard

Andelsman Alvarez, V 2022, "You Live and You Learn": Sex and Relationship Vlogging and the Production of Knowledge. in T Krijnen, P Nixon, M Ravenscroft & C Scarcelli (eds), Identities and Intimacies on Social Media: Transnational Perspectives. Routledge, pp. 103-118. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003250982-9

APA

Andelsman Alvarez, V. (2022). "You Live and You Learn": Sex and Relationship Vlogging and the Production of Knowledge. In T. Krijnen, P. Nixon, M. Ravenscroft, & C. Scarcelli (Eds.), Identities and Intimacies on Social Media: Transnational Perspectives (pp. 103-118). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003250982-9

Vancouver

Andelsman Alvarez V. "You Live and You Learn": Sex and Relationship Vlogging and the Production of Knowledge. In Krijnen T, Nixon P, Ravenscroft M, Scarcelli C, editors, Identities and Intimacies on Social Media: Transnational Perspectives. Routledge. 2022. p. 103-118 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003250982-9

Author

Andelsman Alvarez, Victoria. / "You Live and You Learn" : Sex and Relationship Vlogging and the Production of Knowledge. Identities and Intimacies on Social Media: Transnational Perspectives. editor / Tonny Krijnen ; Paul Nixon ; Michelle Ravenscroft ; Cosimo Scarcelli. Routledge, 2022. pp. 103-118

Bibtex

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