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ARTICLES

EXPLAINING COMMUNICATION DISPLACEMENT AND LARGE-SCALE SOCIAL CHANGE IN CORE NETWORKS

A cross-national comparison of why bigger is not better and less can mean more

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Pages 561-589 | Received 03 Oct 2012, Accepted 14 Feb 2013, Published online: 20 Mar 2013

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