Youth Engagement in Singapore: The Interplay of Social and Traditional Media

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-204

  Skoric, Marko M ^a   Poor, Nathaniel ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NONE

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EID: 84879052808     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838151.2013.787076     Document Type: Article

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