The big head and the long tail: An illustration of explanatory strategies for big data Internet studies

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Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Helles, Rasmus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 84886263433     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v18i10.4874     Document Type: Editorial

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