Tunes that bind?

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 408-427

  Baym, Nancy K ^a   Ledbetter, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication studies; Computer mediated communication; Media studies; Popular culture; Social networking; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650960994     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180802635430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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