Faster than the speed of print: Reconciling 'big data' social media analysis and academic scholarship

First Monday

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Bruns, Axel ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84886245647     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v18i10.4879     Document Type: Article

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