Social media, prosumption, and dispositives: New mechanisms of the construction of subjectivity

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 28-47

  Zajc, Melita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

audience studies; dispositive; new communication technologies; prosumption; social media; subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925270490     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540513493201     Document Type: Article

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