Is culture destiny in asia? A story of a tiger and a lion

Asian Journal of Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 396-415

  Skoric, Marko M ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; Culture; Democracy; Internet; New Technologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875306711     PISSN: 01292986     EISSN: 17420911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01292980701637009     Document Type: Article

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