(Mis)representing economy: Western media production and the improverishment of South Asia

Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 99-109

  Bhagavan, Manu ^a   Bari, Faisal ^b  

^a Manchester College   (United Kingdom)

^b LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDIA ROLE; POVERTY; WESTERNIZATION;

(SOUTHEAST); ASIA;

EID: 0035790237     PISSN: 1089201X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/1089201X-21-1-2-99     Document Type: Article

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