Making big data, in theory

First Monday

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Boellstorff, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84886256925     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v18i10.4869     Document Type: Editorial

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