Search engines in practice: Structure and culture in technical development

Cultural Technologies: The Shaping of Culture in Media and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 118-132

  Van Couvering, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84890227011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203117354     Document Type: Chapter

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