New communication and information technologies as processes - in - relations: a case study of the Internet use in Turkish academic practice

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2001
Tarhan, Belkız

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B. Tarhan, “New communication and information technologies as processes - in - relations: a case study of the Internet use in Turkish academic practice,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2001.