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Es-tu Charlie?: Doing politics on Wikipedia

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Es-tu Charlie? Doing politics on Wikipedia. / Kopf, S.; Nichele, E.
Doing Politics: Discursivity, performativity and mediation in political discourse. ed. / Michael Kranert; Geraldine Horan. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018. p. 211-234 (Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture; Vol. 80).

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Kopf, S & Nichele, E 2018, Es-tu Charlie? Doing politics on Wikipedia. in M Kranert & G Horan (eds), Doing Politics: Discursivity, performativity and mediation in political discourse. Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, vol. 80, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 211-234. https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.80.09kop

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Kopf, S., & Nichele, E. (2018). Es-tu Charlie? Doing politics on Wikipedia. In M. Kranert, & G. Horan (Eds.), Doing Politics: Discursivity, performativity and mediation in political discourse (pp. 211-234). (Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture; Vol. 80). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.80.09kop

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Kopf S, Nichele E. Es-tu Charlie? Doing politics on Wikipedia. In Kranert M, Horan G, editors, Doing Politics: Discursivity, performativity and mediation in political discourse. John Benjamins Publishing Company. 2018. p. 211-234. (Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture). doi: 10.1075/dapsac.80.09kop

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Kopf, S. ; Nichele, E. / Es-tu Charlie? Doing politics on Wikipedia. Doing Politics: Discursivity, performativity and mediation in political discourse. editor / Michael Kranert ; Geraldine Horan. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018. pp. 211-234 (Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture).

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