Global media ethics revisited: A postcolonial critique

Global Media and Communication

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-50

  Rao, Shakuntala ^a   Wasserman, Herman ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ahimsa; Ethics; Globalization; Media; Postcolonial; Ubuntu; Universalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049228246     PISSN: 17427665     EISSN: 17427673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742766507074358     Document Type: Article

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