Foregrounding technology over politics? Media framings of federal elections in Malaysia

Area

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-95

  Smeltzer, Sandra ^a   Lepawsky, Josh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elections; ICTs; Mainstream and alternative media; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; FEDERAL SYSTEM; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; POLITICAL BORDER;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 74949089145     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2009.00915.x     Document Type: Article

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