Wildfires, ethics and misinformation in the digital public space

Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts

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overload, Information

Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Conference paper

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Wildfires, ethics and misinformation in the digital public space. / Porter, Joel.
2014. 1-2 Paper presented at Information overload 2014, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Conference paper

Harvard

Porter, J 2014, 'Wildfires, ethics and misinformation in the digital public space', Paper presented at Information overload 2014, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 4/09/14 - 5/09/14 pp. 1-2.

APA

Porter, J. (2014). Wildfires, ethics and misinformation in the digital public space. 1-2. Paper presented at Information overload 2014, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Vancouver

Porter J. Wildfires, ethics and misinformation in the digital public space. 2014. Paper presented at Information overload 2014, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Author

Porter, Joel. / Wildfires, ethics and misinformation in the digital public space. Paper presented at Information overload 2014, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.16 p.

Bibtex

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