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“You need to be sorted out with a knife”: the attempted online silencing of women and people of Muslim faith within academia

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“You need to be sorted out with a knife”: the attempted online silencing of women and people of Muslim faith within academia. / Barlow, Charlotte; Awan, Imran.
In: Social Media + Society, Vol. 2, No. 4, 01.10.2016, p. 1-11.

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Barlow, C & Awan, I 2016, '“You need to be sorted out with a knife”: the attempted online silencing of women and people of Muslim faith within academia', Social Media + Society, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305116678896

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Barlow, C., & Awan, I. (2016). “You need to be sorted out with a knife”: the attempted online silencing of women and people of Muslim faith within academia. Social Media + Society, 2(4), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305116678896

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Barlow C, Awan I. “You need to be sorted out with a knife”: the attempted online silencing of women and people of Muslim faith within academia. Social Media + Society. 2016 Oct 1;2(4):1-11. doi: 10.1177/2056305116678896

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Barlow, Charlotte ; Awan, Imran. / “You need to be sorted out with a knife” : the attempted online silencing of women and people of Muslim faith within academia. In: Social Media + Society. 2016 ; Vol. 2, No. 4. pp. 1-11.

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