New and old media access and ownership in the Arab world

Gazette

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-88

  Gher, Leo A ^a   Amin, Hussein Y ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

access; Arab; communications; ownership; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049514158     PISSN: 00165492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016549299061001004     Document Type: Article

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