Media coverage of environmental pollution in the people's republic of China: Responsibility, cover-up and state control

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-245

  Tilt, Bryan ^a   Xiao, Qing ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; China; Civil society; Environmental pollution; Media; State control

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950335497     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443709355608     Document Type: Article

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