Representing citizens and consumers in media and communications regulation

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 611, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-65

  Livingstone, Sonia ^a   Lunt, Peter ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizen interests; Civil society; Consumer representation; Media and communications regulation; Public understanding of regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247571860     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716206298710     Document Type: Article

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