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Sick bunnies and pocket dumps: “Not-selfies” and the genre of self-representation

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Sick bunnies and pocket dumps : “Not-selfies” and the genre of self-representation. / Tiidenberg, Katrin; Whelan, Andrew.

In: Popular Communication, Vol. 15, No. 2, 17.04.2017, p. 141-153.

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Tiidenberg K, Whelan A. Sick bunnies and pocket dumps: “Not-selfies” and the genre of self-representation. Popular Communication. 2017 Apr 17;15(2):141-153. doi: 10.1080/15405702.2016.1269907

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Tiidenberg, Katrin ; Whelan, Andrew. / Sick bunnies and pocket dumps : “Not-selfies” and the genre of self-representation. In: Popular Communication. 2017 ; Vol. 15, No. 2. pp. 141-153.

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