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"Real, but glossy" - Technology and the practical pursuit of magic in modern weddings: 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2014

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"Real, but glossy" - Technology and the practical pursuit of magic in modern weddings: 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2014. / Massimi, M.; Harper, R.; Sellen, A.
CSCW '14 Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing. New York: ACM, 2014. p. 854-865.

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Massimi, M, Harper, R & Sellen, A 2014, "Real, but glossy" - Technology and the practical pursuit of magic in modern weddings: 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2014. in CSCW '14 Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing. ACM, New York, pp. 854-865. https://doi.org/10.1145/2531602.2531682

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Massimi, M., Harper, R., & Sellen, A. (2014). "Real, but glossy" - Technology and the practical pursuit of magic in modern weddings: 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2014. In CSCW '14 Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing (pp. 854-865). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2531602.2531682

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Massimi M, Harper R, Sellen A. "Real, but glossy" - Technology and the practical pursuit of magic in modern weddings: 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2014. In CSCW '14 Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing. New York: ACM. 2014. p. 854-865 doi: 10.1145/2531602.2531682

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Massimi, M. ; Harper, R. ; Sellen, A. / "Real, but glossy" - Technology and the practical pursuit of magic in modern weddings : 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2014. CSCW '14 Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing. New York : ACM, 2014. pp. 854-865

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