Digital imaginaries: How we know what we (think we) know about Chinese gold farming

First Monday

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Nardi, Bonnie ^a   Ming Kow, Yong ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

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EID: 77956165401     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v15i6.3035     Document Type: Article

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