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Social Analyses of Computing: Theoretical Perspectives in Recent Empirical Research
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Volume 12 ,  Issue 1  (March 1980) table of contents
Pages: 61 - 110  
Year of Publication: 1980
ISSN:0360-0300
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Rob Kling  Department of Information and Computer Science and Public Policy Research Organization, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California
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