From "Pirates" to "Heroes": News, Discourse Change, and the Contested Legitimacy of Generic HIV/AIDS Medicines

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 259-280

  Owen, Thomas ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Big Pharma; counter hegemony; discourse change; generic HIV AIDS medicines; intellectual property rights; news media; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878907874     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161213484523     Document Type: Article

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