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Altered states: social networks, digital ecologies and affecting change in the urban landscape

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Altered states: social networks, digital ecologies and affecting change in the urban landscape. / Dunn, Nick.
In: Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2012, p. 151-160.

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Dunn, N 2012, 'Altered states: social networks, digital ecologies and affecting change in the urban landscape', Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 151-160. <http://ijf.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.203/prod.69>

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Dunn, N. (2012). Altered states: social networks, digital ecologies and affecting change in the urban landscape. Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, 2(1), 151-160. http://ijf.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.203/prod.69

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Dunn N. Altered states: social networks, digital ecologies and affecting change in the urban landscape. Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies. 2012;2(1):151-160.

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Dunn, Nick. / Altered states : social networks, digital ecologies and affecting change in the urban landscape. In: Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies. 2012 ; Vol. 2, No. 1. pp. 151-160.

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