Talk, technologies and teenagers: Understanding the school journey using a mixed-methods approach

Children's Geographies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-122

  Walker, Marion ^a   Whyatt, Duncan ^a   Pooley, Colin ^a   Davies, Gemma ^a   Coulton, Paul ^b   Bamford, Will ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interviews; Mobile phones; Photographs; Routes; Texts; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449149168     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280902798829     Document Type: Article

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