Studying fan activities on twitter: Reflections on methodological issues emerging from a case study on the west wing fandom

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Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Bore, Inger Lise Kalviknes ^a   Hickman, Jonathan ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84883745912     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v18i9.4268     Document Type: Article

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