WiFi Geographies: When code meets place

Information Society

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 344-352

  Forlano, Laura ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Code; Hotspots; Third places; WiFi; Wireless Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952857413     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240903213076     Document Type: Article

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