Securing Singapore/managing perceptions: From shooting the messenger to dodging the question

Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies

Volumn , Issue 23, 2006, Pages 57-80

  Woodier, Jonathan ^a  

^a CITIGROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Media; PR; Singapore; Southeast Asia; Terror; U.S.

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL ECONOMY; MASS MEDIA; NATIONAL POLITICS; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS; TERRORISM;

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

TAXUS;

EID: 44849124084     PISSN: 13954199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22439/cjas.v23i1.692     Document Type: Conference Paper

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