Between global and local: The glocalization of online news coverage on the trans-regional crisis of sars

Asian Journal of Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-273

  Lee, Alice Y L ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Glocalization; Internet press freedom; Observatory reporting; Online news; Sars epidemic; Social relevancy; Trauma reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549107892     PISSN: 01292986     EISSN: 17420911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01292980500260714     Document Type: Article

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