Social inclusion or exclusion? when Weibo (Microblogging) meets the "new generation" of rural migrant workers

Library Trends

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-80

  Pengyi, Zhang ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84887197342     PISSN: 00242594     EISSN: 15590682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lib.2013.0026     Document Type: Article

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