Geo-ethnic storytelling: An examination of ethnic media content in contemporary immigrant communities

Journalism

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 362-388

  Lin, Wan Ying ^a   Song, Hayeon ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication infrastructure theory (CIT); Ethnic media; Geoethnic storytelling; Globalization; New immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049134371     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884906065518     Document Type: Article

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