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Episodic use: Practices of care in self-tracking

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Episodic use: Practices of care in self-tracking. / Gorm, Nanna; Shklovski, Irina.

In: New Media & Society, Vol. 21, No. 11-12, 2019, p. 2505-2521.

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Harvard

Gorm, N & Shklovski, I 2019, 'Episodic use: Practices of care in self-tracking', New Media & Society, vol. 21, no. 11-12, pp. 2505-2521. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819851239

APA

Gorm, N., & Shklovski, I. (2019). Episodic use: Practices of care in self-tracking. New Media & Society, 21(11-12), 2505-2521. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819851239

Vancouver

Gorm N, Shklovski I. Episodic use: Practices of care in self-tracking. New Media & Society. 2019;21(11-12):2505-2521. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819851239

Author

Gorm, Nanna ; Shklovski, Irina. / Episodic use: Practices of care in self-tracking. In: New Media & Society. 2019 ; Vol. 21, No. 11-12. pp. 2505-2521.

Bibtex

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