Bereaved parents' online grief Communities: De-tabooing practices or ralationsbuiling grief-ghettos?

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Bereaved parents' online grief Communities : De-tabooing practices or ralationsbuiling grief-ghettos? / Christensen, Dorthe Refslund; Hård af Segerstad, Ylva; Kasperowski, Dick; Sandvik, Kjetil.

In: Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Vol. 61, No. 1, 2017, p. 58-72.

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Harvard

Christensen, DR, Hård af Segerstad, Y, Kasperowski, D & Sandvik, K 2017, 'Bereaved parents' online grief Communities: De-tabooing practices or ralationsbuiling grief-ghettos?', Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 58-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2016.1273929

APA

Christensen, D. R., Hård af Segerstad, Y., Kasperowski, D., & Sandvik, K. (2017). Bereaved parents' online grief Communities: De-tabooing practices or ralationsbuiling grief-ghettos? Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 61(1), 58-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2016.1273929

Vancouver

Christensen DR, Hård af Segerstad Y, Kasperowski D, Sandvik K. Bereaved parents' online grief Communities: De-tabooing practices or ralationsbuiling grief-ghettos? Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. 2017;61(1):58-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2016.1273929

Author

Christensen, Dorthe Refslund ; Hård af Segerstad, Ylva ; Kasperowski, Dick ; Sandvik, Kjetil. / Bereaved parents' online grief Communities : De-tabooing practices or ralationsbuiling grief-ghettos?. In: Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. 2017 ; Vol. 61, No. 1. pp. 58-72.

Bibtex

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