The politics of/in blogging in Iran

Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 563-579

  Khiabany, Gholam ^a   Sreberny, Annabelle ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; POLITICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 36749057676     PISSN: 1089201X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/1089201x-2007-033     Document Type: Article

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