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Book Title: The (Dis)Information Age: The Persistence Of Ignorance
Item Length: 9.1in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Shaheed Nick Mohammed
Publication Name: (Dis) Information Age : the Persistence of Ignorance
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Features: New Edition
Publisher: Lang A&G International Academic Publishers, Peter
Series: Digital Formations Ser.
Publication Year: 2012
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 206 Pages