Exploring roles in digital co-creation. The case of Twittertheater

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Exploring roles in digital co-creation. The case of Twittertheater. / Holst, Christian; Belinskaya, Yulia; Kolokytha, Olga.
in: Cultural Trends, 2025.

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Holst C, Belinskaya Y, Kolokytha O. Exploring roles in digital co-creation. The case of Twittertheater. Cultural Trends. 2025. doi: 10.1080/09548963.2025.2494632

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