Mediated Intercultural Dialectics: Identity Perceptions and Performances in Virtual Worlds
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of International and Intercultural Communication
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1751-3057,1751-3065
DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2011.598047