Epistemic cognition and reading for understanding in the internet age

Handbook of Epistemic Cognition

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 230-246

  Strømsø, Helge I ^a   Kammerer, Yvonne ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315795225     Document Type: Chapter

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