Q-analysis techniques for studying communication content

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-108

  Jacobson, Thomas L ^a   Yan, Wenjie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; News; Q analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032362884     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004255229611     Document Type: Article

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