Mobile witnessing: Ethics and the camera phone in the 'War on terror'

Globalizations

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-76

  Reading, Anna ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78649659907     PISSN: 14747731     EISSN: 1474774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14747730802692435     Document Type: Article

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