Big Brother, Africa is watching

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Jacobs, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African continent; Globalization; Political culture; Reality television; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948983009     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443707081691     Document Type: Article

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