Reshaping practice across media: Material mediation, medium specificity and practical knowledge in judicial work

Organization Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1369-1390

  Lanzara, Giovan Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Judicial practice; Material mediation; Medium specificity; Practical knowledge; Video technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849098599     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840609349873     Document Type: Article

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