Internet and self-regulation in China: The cultural logic of controlled commodification

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 772-789

  Weber, Ian ^a   Jia, Lu ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Commodification; Control; Internet; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548215560     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443707080536     Document Type: Article

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