Organizational production of self-censorship in the Hong Kong media

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-133

  Lee, Francis L F ^a   Chan, Joseph ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Newsroom social control; Newsroom structure; Professionalism; Self censorship

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849088712     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161208326598     Document Type: Article

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