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Book Title: Metrics At Work: Journalism And The Contested Meaning Of Alg...
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Metrics at Work : Journalism and the Contested Meaning of Algorithms
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2022
Subject: Media Studies, Sociology / General, Journalism
Item Height: 0.7 in
Item Weight: 14.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
Author: Angele Christin
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
