Online spaces have material culture: Goodbye to digital post-materialism and hello to virtual consumption

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 883-889

  Lehdonvirta, Vili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 77956474252     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443710378559     Document Type: Article

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