Geopolitical-economic conflict and network infrastructures

Chinese Journal of Communication

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-107

  Schiller, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Geopolitics; Imperialism; Network infrastructures; Political economy; Telecommunications and domination

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951980100     PISSN: 17544750     EISSN: 17544769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2011.544085     Document Type: Note

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