Media in Malaysia: Zone of contention

Democratization

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 893-910

  George, Cherian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Alternative media; Blogs; Internet; Malaysia; Protest; Singapore; Social movements

Indexed keywords

ELITE POLITICS; INTERNET; MEDIA ROLE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POPULAR PROTEST; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 36549016133     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510340701635712     Document Type: Article

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