Au pairs on Facebook: Ethnographic use of social media in politicised fields

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Au pairs on Facebook : Ethnographic use of social media in politicised fields. / Dalgas, Karina Märcher.

In: Nordic Journal of Migration Research, Vol. 6, No. 3, 05.08.2016, p. 175-182.

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Dalgas, KM 2016, 'Au pairs on Facebook: Ethnographic use of social media in politicised fields', Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 175-182. https://doi.org/10.1515/njmr-2016-0023

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Dalgas, K. M. (2016). Au pairs on Facebook: Ethnographic use of social media in politicised fields. Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 6(3), 175-182. https://doi.org/10.1515/njmr-2016-0023

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Dalgas KM. Au pairs on Facebook: Ethnographic use of social media in politicised fields. Nordic Journal of Migration Research. 2016 Aug 5;6(3):175-182. https://doi.org/10.1515/njmr-2016-0023

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Dalgas, Karina Märcher. / Au pairs on Facebook : Ethnographic use of social media in politicised fields. In: Nordic Journal of Migration Research. 2016 ; Vol. 6, No. 3. pp. 175-182.

Bibtex

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