Interrogating 'Digital Korea': Mobile phone tracking and the spatial expansion of labour control

Media International Australia

Volumn , Issue 141, 2011, Pages 107-117

  Lee, Kwang Suk ^a  

^a Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

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EID: 84859371831     PISSN: 1329878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1329878x1114100113     Document Type: Article

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