A ‘pernicious new strain of the old Nazi virus’ and an ‘Orgy of tribal Slaughter': A Comparison of US News Magazine Coverage of the Crises in Bosnia and Rwanda

Gazette

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 411-428

  Wall, Melissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosnia; ethnic conflict; frame analysis; international news coverage; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011013291     PISSN: 00165492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016549297059006001     Document Type: Article

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