Bots, bespoke, code and the materiality of software platforms

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 342-356

  Geiger, R Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

algorithms; bots; code; materiality; software; Wikipedia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894231638     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2013.873069     Document Type: Article

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