Mobile social networking as information ground: A case study

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 98-115

  Counts, Scott ^a   Fisher, Karen E ^b  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 77649188491     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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