The internet in Iran: The battle over an emerging virtual public sphere

Internationalizing Internet Studies: Beyond Anglophone Paradigms

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 196-213

  Khiabany, Gholam ^a   Sreberny, Annabelle ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85075304257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203891421-18     Document Type: Chapter

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