A critical reflection on big data: Considering APIs, researchers and tools as data makers

First Monday

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Vis, Farida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84886266093     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v18i10.4878     Document Type: Article

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