"Affective Publics": Performing Trust on Danish Twitter during the COVID-19 Lockdown

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"Affective Publics" : Performing Trust on Danish Twitter during the COVID-19 Lockdown. / Breslin, Samantha Dawn; Blok, Anders; Enggaard, Thyge Ryom; Gårdhus, Tobias; Pedersen, Morten Axel.

In: Current Anthropology, Vol. 63, No. 2, 2022, p. 211-218.

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Breslin, SD, Blok, A, Enggaard, TR, Gårdhus, T & Pedersen, MA 2022, '"Affective Publics": Performing Trust on Danish Twitter during the COVID-19 Lockdown', Current Anthropology, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 211-218. https://doi.org/10.1086/719645

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Breslin, S. D., Blok, A., Enggaard, T. R., Gårdhus, T., & Pedersen, M. A. (2022). "Affective Publics": Performing Trust on Danish Twitter during the COVID-19 Lockdown. Current Anthropology, 63(2), 211-218. https://doi.org/10.1086/719645

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Breslin SD, Blok A, Enggaard TR, Gårdhus T, Pedersen MA. "Affective Publics": Performing Trust on Danish Twitter during the COVID-19 Lockdown. Current Anthropology. 2022;63(2):211-218. https://doi.org/10.1086/719645

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Breslin, Samantha Dawn ; Blok, Anders ; Enggaard, Thyge Ryom ; Gårdhus, Tobias ; Pedersen, Morten Axel. / "Affective Publics" : Performing Trust on Danish Twitter during the COVID-19 Lockdown. In: Current Anthropology. 2022 ; Vol. 63, No. 2. pp. 211-218.

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