Online News Media as Interactive Community Bulletin Boards: Coverage of SARS in the Greater China Regions

Media Asia

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 197-204

  Lee, Alice Y L ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 33845684738     PISSN: 01296612     EISSN: 23776277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01296612.2003.11726723     Document Type: Article

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