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Telling the story of the stories: Online content curation and digital engagement

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Telling the story of the stories: Online content curation and digital engagement. / Fotopoulou, Aristea; Couldry, Nick.
In: Information, Communication and Society, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2015, p. 235-249.

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Fotopoulou, A & Couldry, N 2015, 'Telling the story of the stories: Online content curation and digital engagement', Information, Communication and Society, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 235-249. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2014.952317

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Fotopoulou A, Couldry N. Telling the story of the stories: Online content curation and digital engagement. Information, Communication and Society. 2015;18(2):235-249. Epub 2014 Oct 7. doi: 10.1080/1369118X.2014.952317

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Fotopoulou, Aristea ; Couldry, Nick. / Telling the story of the stories : Online content curation and digital engagement. In: Information, Communication and Society. 2015 ; Vol. 18, No. 2. pp. 235-249.

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