Comparing alternative media in North and South: The cases of IFIWatchnet and Indymedia in Africa

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1173-1189

  Frenzel, Fabian ^a   Boehm, Steffen ^b   Quinton, Pennie ^c   Spicer, André ^d   Sullivan, Sian ^a   Young, Zoe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Warwick ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDIA INDUSTRY; NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

AFRICA;

EID: 79958864955     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a43539     Document Type: Article

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