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Research Article

Technology Domestication in the Asian Homestead: Comparing the Experiences of Middle Class Families in China and South Korea

Sun Sun LimCommunications and New Media Programme, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, AS6, Level 3, Law Link, Singapore 117570, Singapore e-mail: [email protected]
Pages 189-209 | Received 20 Dec 2007, Accepted 13 Aug 2008, Published online: 01 Oct 2020

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