Polymedia life

Madianou, Mirca

doi:10.1075/ps.00051.mad

Commentary published In: Polymedia in Interaction
Edited by Jannis Androutsopoulos
[Pragmatics and Society 12:5] 2021
► pp. 857–864

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Polymedia life

Mirca Madianou | Goldsmiths, University of London

Published online: 7 February 2022

https://doi.org/10.1075/ps.00051.mad

Article outline

Polymedia as language: Doing things with media
Polymedia as environments: Life in polymedia
Culture, inequalities and algorithmic power: Making sense of the dual logic of media technologies
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