Home made big data? Challenges and opportunities for participatory social research

First Monday

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Halavais, Alexander ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84886248471     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v18i10.4876     Document Type: Article

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