Barangays of IT: Filipinizing mediated communication and digital power

New Media and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 296-312

  Sy, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^b SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Borgmann; CMC; Democratization; Digital divide; Habermas; Lifeworld; Localization; Philippines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035602232     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14614440122226100     Document Type: Article

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