The Crisis of public values in the age of the new media

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-29

  Giroux, Henry A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Democracy; New media; Public pedagogy; Public sphere; Public values

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951805666     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2011.544618     Document Type: Article

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