Negotiating the thumbnail image: The transformative power of search engines and their "good enough" aesthetics

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Negotiating the thumbnail image : The transformative power of search engines and their "good enough" aesthetics. / Thylstrup, Nanna; Teilmann, Stina.

In: First Monday, Vol. 22, No. 10, 01.10.2017.

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Thylstrup, N & Teilmann, S 2017, 'Negotiating the thumbnail image: The transformative power of search engines and their "good enough" aesthetics', First Monday, vol. 22, no. 10.

APA

Thylstrup, N., & Teilmann, S. (2017). Negotiating the thumbnail image: The transformative power of search engines and their "good enough" aesthetics. First Monday, 22(10).

Vancouver

Thylstrup N, Teilmann S. Negotiating the thumbnail image: The transformative power of search engines and their "good enough" aesthetics. First Monday. 2017 Oct 1;22(10).

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Thylstrup, Nanna ; Teilmann, Stina. / Negotiating the thumbnail image : The transformative power of search engines and their "good enough" aesthetics. In: First Monday. 2017 ; Vol. 22, No. 10.

Bibtex

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