Social change and discursive change: Analyzing conversationalization of media discourse in Taiwan

Discourse Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 743-765

  Kuo, Sai Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conversationalization; Democratization; Discursive change; Marketization; Multidimensional; Printed media

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849039495     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445607082577     Document Type: Article

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