Can government support the press? Historicizing and internationalizing a policy approach to the journalism crisis

Communication Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-95

  Pickard, Victor ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79958835193     PISSN: 10714421     EISSN: 15477487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10714421.2011.573430     Document Type: Article

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