Who's afraid of being a freier? The analysis of communication through a key cultural frame

Communication Theory

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-159

  Bloch, Linda Renée ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; LANGUAGE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0041410086     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2003.tb00285.x     Document Type: Article

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