Contesting food safety in the Chinese Media: Between hegemony and counter-hegemony

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 214, 2013, Pages 337-355

  Yang, Guobin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; food safety; internet; media; Sanlu; Weibo

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SAFETY; GOVERNMENT; HEGEMONY; INFORMATION; INTERNET; MEDIA ROLE;

CHINA;

EID: 84879682104     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741013000386     Document Type: Article

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