Unhappy engineers of the European soul: The EBU and the woes of Pan-European television

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-280

  Bourdon, Jérôme ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Collective identity; Eurovision; History; Language; Nation; National identity; News; Satellite; Television policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247893724     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048507076580     Document Type: Review

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