Copyright Notices in Traditional and New Media Journals: Lies, Damned Lies, and Copyright Notices
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1083-6101,1083-6101
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.01433.x