Gaming the system: Semiotic indeterminacy and political circulation in the new age of revolution

Language and Communication

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 372-385

  Greenberg, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84870246846     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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