The gross face and virtual fame: Semiotic mediation in Japanese virtual communication

First Monday

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Nozawa, Shunsuke ^a  

^a IES Abroad Tokyo   (Japan)

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EID: 84864009003     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v17i3.3535     Document Type: Article

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