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Volume 57, 2023 - Issue 4: Critical Literacies & Social Media
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Making meaning with memes through a multilayered approach to visual literacies

Pages 298-313 | Received 28 Mar 2023, Accepted 05 Oct 2023, Published online: 19 Oct 2023

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