Journal of
Media and Communication Studies

  • Abbreviation: J. Media Commun. Stud.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2545
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMCS
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 234

Full Length Research Paper

Global Muslim audiences’ polysemic reading of “My name is Khan”: Toward an emergent multiculturalism

Priya Kapoor
  • Priya Kapoor
  • Department of International and Global Studies, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States.
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  •  Received: 16 February 2018
  •  Accepted: 02 May 2018
  •  Published: 31 May 2018

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