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Book Title: Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society, And Participatio...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Ramona S. McNeal, Karen Mossberger, Caroline J. Tolbert
Publication Name: Digital Citizenship : the Internet, Society, and Participation
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication Year: 2007
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
