How everyday life became virtual: Mundane work at the juncture of production and consumption

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-92

  Green, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Culture industries; New media technologies; Techno culture; Virtual reality (VR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002435378     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146954050100100105     Document Type: Article

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