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Mobile Back to Front: Uncertainty and Danger in the Theory—Technology Relation

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Woolgar, S. (2005). Mobile Back to Front: Uncertainty and Danger in the Theory—Technology Relation. In: Mobile Communications. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, vol 31. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-248-9_3

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