Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Methods - By Tom Boellstorff, Bonnie Nardi, Celia Pearce and T.L. Taylor
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- JASIST
دوره 65 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014