Software, infrastructure, labor: A media theory of logistical nightmares

Software, Infrastructure, Labor: A Media Theory of Logistical Nightmares

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1-202

  Rossiter, Ned ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203758113     Document Type: Book

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