The old and the new: Communications technology and globalization in Russia

New Media and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-105

  Rantanen, Terhi ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Globalization; New communications technology; Post Communism; Russia; Social use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005236196     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14614440122226001     Document Type: Article

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