The Asian communication debate: Culture-specificity, culture-generality, and beyond

Asian Journal of Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-165

  Wang, Georgette ^a   Kuo, Eddie C Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian communication research; Asian communication theory; Culture generality; Culture specificity; Eurocentrism; Indigenization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952517544     PISSN: 01292986     EISSN: 17420911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01292981003693344     Document Type: Article

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