Women and news: Making connections between the global and the local

Feminist Media Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-172

  Geertsema, Margaretha ^a  

^a BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural globalization; Feminism; Journalism; Representation; Theory; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649141345     PISSN: 14680777     EISSN: 14715902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14680770902814827     Document Type: Review

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