Behind the 'Great Firewall': Decoding China's internet media policies from the inside

Convergence

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-291

  Zhang, Lena L ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Internet media policy; New media; Online content regulation; Policymaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049344212     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856506067201     Document Type: Article

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