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Celebration and Concern

Digitization, Camera Phones and the Citizen-Photographer

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Images in Mobile Communication

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We live in what Danchev (2009, p. 71) calls a “pixellated age”.

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  1. Tampere Peace Research Institute, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

    Frank Möller Ph.D. (Research Fellow)

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  1. Centre for Research on Mediations, Paul Verlaine University, Metz

    Corinne Martin Ph.D. (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

  2. Institute for Communication Studies, Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, Germany

    Thilo von Pape Ph.D. (Research Associate) (Research Associate)

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Möller, F. (2012). Celebration and Concern. In: Martin, C., von Pape, T. (eds) Images in Mobile Communication. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-93190-6_4

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