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The 'invisible' materiality of information technology

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Alan Borning,

Batya Friedman,

Nick LoglerAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 63, Issue 6

Pages 57 - 64

https://doi.org/10.1145/3360647

Published: 22 May 2020 Publication History

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It's difficult to see the ecological impact of IT when its benefits are so blindingly bright.

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1. Information systems
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DOI:10.1145/3402158

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