Prospects and limitations of world system theory for media analysis: The Case of the Middle East and North Africa

Gazette

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 121-148

  Gunaratne, Shelton A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

core periphery; Human Development Index; human rights; media freedom and penetration; Middle East and North Africa; new media; world system theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993778733     PISSN: 00165492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016549201063002003     Document Type: Article

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