Digital media, nation-states and local cultures: The case of multimedia 'content' production

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 109-131

  Preston, Paschal ^a   Kerr, Aphra ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Content; Convergence; Culture; Globalization; Multimedia

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044524100     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016344301023001006     Document Type: Article

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