Public Service Media Online? Regulating Public Broadcasters’ Internet Services—A Comparative Analysis

Television & New Media

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 220-238

  Moe, Hallvard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

comparative analysis; internet; media regulation; public broadcasters; public service broadcasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997909347     PISSN: 15274764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527476407307231     Document Type: Article

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