The online public sphere in the arab world: The war in Iraq on the Al Arabiya website

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 311-334

  Al Saggaf, Yeslam ^a,b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; ETHNOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; IRAQ WAR; LOW SPEED; LOW-COSTS; ONLINE MEDIUM; ONLINE SOURCES; TV STATIONS;

WEBSITES;

EID: 34247868120     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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