New technologies and international broadcasting: Reflections on adaptations and transformations

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 616, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 150-172

  Price, Monroe E ^a,b,c   Haas, Susan ^a   Margolin, Drew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BBC World Service; Discourse analysis; International broadcasting; Internet; New technologies; Public diplomacy; Radio Free Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949166815     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716207312033     Document Type: Article

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