Web 2.0 and the death of the blockbuster economy

Misunderstanding the Internet

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 69-94

  Freedman, Des ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84871114532     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203146484     Document Type: Chapter

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