Virtual orality: How Ebay controls auctions without an auctioneer's voice

American Speech

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 286-300

  Boyd, Josh ^a  

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EID: 0040748893     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-76-3-286     Document Type: Review

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