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Information ethics for and from Africa

  1. Rafael Capurro

Article first published online: 15 APR 2008

DOI: 10.1002/asi.20850

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Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volume 59, Issue 7, pages 1162–1170, May 2008

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Capurro, R. (2008), Information ethics for and from Africa. J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci., 59: 1162–1170. doi: 10.1002/asi.20850

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  1. International Center for Information Ethics (ICIE), Stuttgart Media University–Hochschule der Medien, Wolframstr. 32, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany

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