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Digital words: reading and the 21st century home

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Digital words: reading and the 21st century home. / Rouncefield, Mark; Tolmie, Peter.
The connected home : the future of domestic life. ed. / Richard Harper. London: Springer-Verlag, 2011. p. 133-162.

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Rouncefield, M & Tolmie, P 2011, Digital words: reading and the 21st century home. in R Harper (ed.), The connected home : the future of domestic life. Springer-Verlag, London, pp. 133-162. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-476-0_8

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Rouncefield, M., & Tolmie, P. (2011). Digital words: reading and the 21st century home. In R. Harper (Ed.), The connected home : the future of domestic life (pp. 133-162). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-476-0_8

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Rouncefield M, Tolmie P. Digital words: reading and the 21st century home. In Harper R, editor, The connected home : the future of domestic life. London: Springer-Verlag. 2011. p. 133-162 doi: 10.1007/978-0-85729-476-0_8

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Rouncefield, Mark ; Tolmie, Peter. / Digital words : reading and the 21st century home. The connected home : the future of domestic life. editor / Richard Harper. London : Springer-Verlag, 2011. pp. 133-162

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