Abdicating choice: The rewards of letting go

Digital Creativity

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 233-243

  Leong, Tuck ^a   Vetere, Frank ^a   Howard, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdicating choice; Defamiliarisation; Randomness; Serendipity; Shuffle listening

Indexed keywords

ABDICATING CHOICE; DEFAMILIARISATION; RANDOMNESS; SERENDIPITY; SHUFFLE LISTENING;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 57549087362     PISSN: 14626268     EISSN: 17443806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14626260802550777     Document Type: Article

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