Flagging Finnishness: Reproducing National Identity in Reality Television

Television & New Media

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-67

  Aslama, Minna ^a   Pantti, Mervi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

global television culture; national identity; reality television

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249155519     PISSN: 15274764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527476406296263     Document Type: Article

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