The market for electronic newspapers in the Arab world

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 56-70

  Alshehri, Fayez ^a   Gunter, Barrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab Countries; Internet; Newspaper publishing; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749497814     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530210426293     Document Type: Article

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