Just a machine? dehumanizing strategies in personal computer use

Body and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-101

  Lupton, Deborah ^a   Noble, Greg ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 11244253925     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X97003002006     Document Type: Article

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