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The moral technical imaginaries of internet convergence in an American television network

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The moral technical imaginaries of internet convergence in an American television network. / Fish, Adam.
Digital labour and prosumer capitalism: the US matrix. ed. / Olivier Fraysse; Mattieu O'Neil. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

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Fish, A 2015, The moral technical imaginaries of internet convergence in an American television network. in O Fraysse & M O'Neil (eds), Digital labour and prosumer capitalism: the US matrix. Palgrave Macmillan, London. <http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/digital-labour-and-prosumer-capitalism-olivier-frayss%C3%A9/?K=9781137473899>

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Fish, A. (2015). The moral technical imaginaries of internet convergence in an American television network. In O. Fraysse, & M. O'Neil (Eds.), Digital labour and prosumer capitalism: the US matrix Palgrave Macmillan. http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/digital-labour-and-prosumer-capitalism-olivier-frayss%C3%A9/?K=9781137473899

Vancouver

Fish A. The moral technical imaginaries of internet convergence in an American television network. In Fraysse O, O'Neil M, editors, Digital labour and prosumer capitalism: the US matrix. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2015

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Fish, Adam. / The moral technical imaginaries of internet convergence in an American television network. Digital labour and prosumer capitalism: the US matrix. editor / Olivier Fraysse ; Mattieu O'Neil. London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

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