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Textmates and Text Circles: Insights into the Social Ecology of SMS Text Messaging

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  1. Digital World Research Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

    Lynne Hamill  & Amparo Lasen  & 

  2. Systems Science and Engineering, School of Design, Engineering and Computing, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5BB, UK

    Dan Diaper PhD, MBCS

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Reid, D.J., Reid, F.J. (2005). Textmates and Text Circles: Insights into the Social Ecology of SMS Text Messaging. In: Hamill, L., Lasen, A., Diaper, D. (eds) Mobile World. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-204-7_7

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