The symbolic power of transnational media

Global Media and Communication

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-351

  Chouliaraki, Lilie ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitanism; Distant suffering; Ethics; Satellite news; Transnational publics; Visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 61949286936     PISSN: 17427665     EISSN: 17427673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742766508096084     Document Type: Article

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