The past, present and future of south african journalism research, or: In search of a metatheory for South African journalism research

Communicatio

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-171

  Fourie, Pieter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brazil; Journalism research; Journals; Phenomenology; Sahrc; Sanef; South africa; Theoretical approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957964435     PISSN: 02500167     EISSN: 17535379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02500167.2010.485362     Document Type: Article

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