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Research Articles

Parents’ understandings of social media algorithms in children’s lives in England: Misunderstandings, parked understandings, transactional understandings and proactive understandings amidst datafication

Pages 506-522 | Received 22 Mar 2023, Accepted 21 Jul 2023, Published online: 07 Aug 2023

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