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Katz, J.E., Sugiyama, S. (2005). Mobile Phones as Fashion Statements: The Co-creation of Mobile Communication’s Public Meaning. In: Mobile Communications. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, vol 31. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-248-9_5
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