Strategies, tactics and the question of un lieu propre: What/where is "media theory"?

Social Semiotics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-149

  Hills, Matt ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural power; Fandom; Media theory; Textual poaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247654295     PISSN: 10350330     EISSN: 14701219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1035033042000238286     Document Type: Article

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