What’s German about German media theory?

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What’s German about German media theory? / Pias, Claus.
Media Transatlantic: Developments in Media and Communication Studies Between North American and German-Speaking Europe. ed. / Norm Friesen. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, 2016. p. 15-27.

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Harvard

Pias, C 2016, What’s German about German media theory? in N Friesen (ed.), Media Transatlantic: Developments in Media and Communication Studies Between North American and German-Speaking Europe. Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, pp. 15-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28489-7_2

APA

Pias, C. (2016). What’s German about German media theory? In N. Friesen (Ed.), Media Transatlantic: Developments in Media and Communication Studies Between North American and German-Speaking Europe (pp. 15-27). Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28489-7_2

Vancouver

Pias C. What’s German about German media theory? In Friesen N, editor, Media Transatlantic: Developments in Media and Communication Studies Between North American and German-Speaking Europe. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. 2016. p. 15-27 doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-28489-7_2

Bibtex

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