Gifts of Presence: A case study of a South Korean virtual community, cyworld’s mini-hompy

Internationalizing Internet Studies: Beyond Anglophone Paradigms

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 237-251

  Hjorth, Larissa ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85075294363     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203891421-21     Document Type: Chapter

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