The war on piracy: Analyzing the discursive battles of corporate and government-sponsored anti-piracy media campaigns

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-134

  Mirghani, Suzannah ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Anti piracy campaigns; Copyright infringement; Discourse analysis; Piracy; War on terror

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960241280     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2010.514933     Document Type: Article

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