Conspiracy theorizing surveillance: Considering modalities of paranoia and conspiracy in surveillance studies

Surveillance and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-48

  Holm, Nicholas ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79953161461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24908/ss.v7i1.3306     Document Type: Article

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