A Contribution to the Political Economy of Personal Archives

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A Contribution to the Political Economy of Personal Archives. / Hui, Yuk.
Compromised Data: From Social Media to Big Data. ed. / Greg Elmer; Ganaele Langlois; Joanna Redden. 1. ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015. p. 226-246.

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Harvard

Hui, Y 2015, A Contribution to the Political Economy of Personal Archives. in G Elmer, G Langlois & J Redden (eds), Compromised Data: From Social Media to Big Data. 1 edn, Bloomsbury Academic, London, pp. 226-246. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501306549.0017

APA

Hui, Y. (2015). A Contribution to the Political Economy of Personal Archives. In G. Elmer, G. Langlois, & J. Redden (Eds.), Compromised Data: From Social Media to Big Data (1 ed., pp. 226-246). Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501306549.0017

Vancouver

Hui Y. A Contribution to the Political Economy of Personal Archives. In Elmer G, Langlois G, Redden J, editors, Compromised Data: From Social Media to Big Data. 1 ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2015. p. 226-246 doi: 10.5040/9781501306549.0017

Bibtex

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