Media Capture and Transitional Settings: Towards Theoretical and Empirical Developments
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https://doi.org/10.51480/1899-5101.17.2(36).717Keywords:
Media Capture, Clientlism, Media SystemsAbstract
Introduction to the special issue of "Central European Journal of Communication" on captured media.
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