"It's fantasy football made real": networked media sport, the internet, and the Hybrid reality of MyFootballClub

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-106

  Hutchins, Brett ^a   Rowe, David ^b   Ruddock, Andy ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 62749197581     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: 15432785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.26.1.89     Document Type: Article

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