Notes from inside the factory: The production and consumption of signs and sign value in media industries

Social Semiotics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-306

  Bolin, Göran ^a  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Audiences; Consumption; Exchange value; Media production; Sign value; Television; Use value

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646712892     PISSN: 10350330     EISSN: 14701219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10350330500310061     Document Type: Article

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