Newspaper editorial discourse and the politics of self-censorship in Hong Kong

Discourse and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-358

  Lee, Francis L F ^a   Lin, Angel M Y ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Journalistic objectivity; Language and politics; Media self censorship; Newspaper editorial discourse; Positioning theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646521517     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926506062371     Document Type: Article

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