Objectivity, subjectivity, and intersubjectivity in economic geography: Evidence from the Internet and blogosphere

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 590-603

  Poon, Jessie P H ^a   Cheong, Pauline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dell; Intersubjectivity; Objectivity; Subjectivity; Weblog

Indexed keywords

COORDINATE; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 69949149516     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045600902967243     Document Type: Article

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