Google Earth and the nation state: Sovereignty in the age of new media

Global Media and Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-176

  Kumar, Sangeet ^a  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; Google; India; networks; new media; sovereignty

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956390762     PISSN: 17427665     EISSN: 17427673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742766510373716     Document Type: Review

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