National interest or business interest: Coverage of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo in The Australian newspaper

Media, War and Conflict

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-84

  Hawkins, Virgil ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Business interest; Conflict; Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Media; National interest; The Australian

Indexed keywords

EID: 64149090648     PISSN: 17506352     EISSN: 17506360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1750635208101352     Document Type: Review

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