Neoliberal restructuring of the global communication system: Mergers and acquisitions

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Dal, Yong Jin ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural industry; Global communication; Globalization; Mergers and acquisitions; Neoliberalization; Transnational corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549092810     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443708088792     Document Type: Article

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