The texts of me and the texts of us: Improvisation and polished performance in social networking sites

Play Creativity and Digital Cultures

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 73-91

  Dowdall, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203888698     Document Type: Chapter

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