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Technology retreats and the politics of social media. / Fish, Adam Richard.
In: tripleC: Communication, Capitalism and Critique, Vol. 15, No. 1, 10.04.2017, p. 355-369.

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Fish, AR 2017, 'Technology retreats and the politics of social media', tripleC: Communication, Capitalism and Critique, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 355-369. <http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/807>

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Fish, A. R. (2017). Technology retreats and the politics of social media. tripleC: Communication, Capitalism and Critique, 15(1), 355-369. http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/807

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Fish AR. Technology retreats and the politics of social media. tripleC: Communication, Capitalism and Critique. 2017 Apr 10;15(1):355-369.

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Fish, Adam Richard. / Technology retreats and the politics of social media. In: tripleC: Communication, Capitalism and Critique. 2017 ; Vol. 15, No. 1. pp. 355-369.

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