Rethinking the geographies of cultural ‘objects’ through digital technologies: Interface, network and friction

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 334-351

  Rose, Gillian ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

digital media; friction; interface; methodology; network; new cultural geography

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGE; FRICTION; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84967316071     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: 14770288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132515580493     Document Type: Article

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