Taking global crises in the news seriously: Notes from the dark side of globalization

Global Media and Communication

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-95

  Cottle, Simon ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

global crises; global journalism; globality; globalization; world news ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961087825     PISSN: 17427665     EISSN: 17427673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742766511410217     Document Type: Article

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