Who owns the mods?

First Monday

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Kow, Yong Ming ^a   Nardi, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77953597046     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v15i5.2971     Document Type: Article

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