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‘You wouldn’t get that from watching TV!’: Exploring audience responses to virtual reality non-fiction in the home

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‘You wouldn’t get that from watching TV!’: Exploring audience responses to virtual reality non-fiction in the home. / Green, David Philip; Rose, Mandy; Bevan, Chris et al.
In: Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Vol. 27, No. 3, 30.06.2021, p. 805-829.

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Green, DP, Rose, M, Bevan, C, Farmer, H, Cater, K & Fraser, DS 2021, '‘You wouldn’t get that from watching TV!’: Exploring audience responses to virtual reality non-fiction in the home', Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 805-829. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856520979966

APA

Green, D. P., Rose, M., Bevan, C., Farmer, H., Cater, K., & Fraser, D. S. (2021). ‘You wouldn’t get that from watching TV!’: Exploring audience responses to virtual reality non-fiction in the home. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 27(3), 805-829. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856520979966

Vancouver

Green DP, Rose M, Bevan C, Farmer H, Cater K, Fraser DS. ‘You wouldn’t get that from watching TV!’: Exploring audience responses to virtual reality non-fiction in the home. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. 2021 Jun 30;27(3):805-829. Epub 2020 Dec 30. doi: 10.1177/1354856520979966

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Green, David Philip ; Rose, Mandy ; Bevan, Chris et al. / ‘You wouldn’t get that from watching TV!’ : Exploring audience responses to virtual reality non-fiction in the home. In: Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. 2021 ; Vol. 27, No. 3. pp. 805-829.

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