Beyond borders: Is media freedom contagious?

Kyklos

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-143

  Sobel, Russell S ^a   Dutta, Nabamita ^b   Roy, Sanjukta ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contagion; Domino effect; Media freedom

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; MASS MEDIA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 74549183496     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2010.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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