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- Authors
- Stephenson, W.
- Corresponding author
- Stephenson, William
- ORCID
- Stephenson, William
- Venue
- Operant Subjectivity
- Publisher
- Oklahoma State University Library
- Published
- 1986
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 0193-2713 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4312751205
- Cited by
- 62
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 5 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Operant Subjectivity (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Communication Studies and Media
- Social Sciences › Psychology › General Psychology › Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Keywords
- communication theory, intersubjectivity
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