These foolish things: On intimacy and insignificance in mobile media

Mobile Technologies: From Telecommunications to Media

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 252-265

  Crawford, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84908924651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203884317     Document Type: Chapter

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