Beyond the screen: Methods for investigating geographies of life 'online'

Geography Compass

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 540-555

  Kinsley, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; RESEARCH;

EID: 84881309051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12062     Document Type: Article

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