The future is boring: Stories from the landscapes of the mobile telecoms industry

Twenty-First Century Society

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-198

  Watts, Laura ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 47149092855     PISSN: 17450144     EISSN: 17450152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450140802062193     Document Type: Article

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