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Facework on Facebook: The presentation of self in virtual life and how Obama attained victory

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2008

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Dalsgaard, Steffen

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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This article analyses the phenomenon known as social networking services (e.g. websites such as Facebook and MySpace) with anthropological theory deriving mainly from Melanesia. It is argued that these websites engender what in Western countries is a new

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/38665

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ANU Research Publications

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Anthropology Today

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Journal article

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10.1111/j.1467-8322.2008.00626.x

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2037-12-31

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