#NBCFail: A qualitative review of the shared experience as a social movement

First Monday

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  O'Hallarn, Brendan ^a   Shapiro, Stephen ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84892707267     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v19i1.4760     Document Type: Article

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