Virtual community: No 'killer implication'

New Media and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-43

  Feenberg, Andrew ^a   Bakardjieva, Maria ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 1142264158     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444804039904     Document Type: Review

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