Unnatural history? Deconstructing the Walking with Dinosaurs phenomenon

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Scott, Karen D ^a   White, Anne M ^b  

^a Natl Mus Photography Film/T   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Documentary; Media; New; New technology; Remediation; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037408355     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443703025003473     Document Type: Review

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