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ISBN: 978-1-60732-947-3 (hardcover)
ISBN: 978-1-60732-948-0 (paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-60732-955-8 (open-access PDF)
ISBN: 978-1-64642-009-4 (open-access ePUB)
https://doi.org/10.5876/9781607329558
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Lange, Patricia G., author.
Title: Thanks for watching : an anthropological study of video sharing on YouTube / Patricia G. Lange.
Description: Louisville : University Press of Colorado, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019025981 (print) | LCCN 2019025982 (ebook) | ISBN 9781607329473 (cloth) | ISBN 9781607329480 (paperback) | ISBN 9781607329558 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: YouTube (Electronic resource) | Online social networks—Social aspects. | Internet videos—Social aspects. | Mass media and anthropology. | Mass media and culture.
Classification: LCC HC79.T4 L364 2019 (print) | LCC HC79.T4 (ebook) | DDC 302.30285—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019025981
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019025982
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