The anthropology of media and the question of ethnic and religious pluralism

Social Anthropology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-55

  Eisenlohr, Patrick ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Media; Pluralism; Public sphere; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251518104     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.2010.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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