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Research Article

Playfulness, immediacy, spontaneity, simultaneity and sociality: Towards an understanding of smartphone photographic practices by younger generations of (Chinese) tourists

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Article: 1389623 | Received 18 May 2017, Accepted 05 Oct 2017, Published online: 23 Oct 2017

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