Business as usual: the UK national daily press and the Occupy Central movement

Chinese Journal of Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 429-446

  Sparks, Colin ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Occupy Central; Press; UK; Umbrella

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949531321     PISSN: 17544750     EISSN: 17544769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2015.1063525     Document Type: Note

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