The European Union and the information society: Discourse, power and policy

New Media and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 225-249

  Goodwin, Ian ^a   Spittle, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; European Union (EU); Information policy; Information society

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047668910     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146144480200400206     Document Type: Article

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