Missing links in the rhetoric of Activity Theory

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-271

  de Souza, Clarisse Sieckenius ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activity Theory; Semiotic approaches to HCI; Sign mediation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; SEMIOTICS;

ACTIVITY THEORY; SEMIOTIC APPROACHES; SIGN MEDIATION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 39149138485     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2007.07.006     Document Type: Note

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