Destabilizing Social Communication Theory

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 95-119

  Grant, Colin B ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

constructivism; interaction theory; social fictions; uncertainty; vagueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346339778     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276403206005     Document Type: Article

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