Global Nollywood: The Nigerian movie industry and alternative global networks in production and distribution

Global Media and Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-133

  Miller, Jade ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

black market; distribution networks; global media; globalization; informal economy; Network Society; Nollywood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864193089     PISSN: 17427665     EISSN: 17427673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742766512444340     Document Type: Article

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