Investigating the determinants of international news flow: A Meta-Analysis

Gazette

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 493-512

  Wu, Haoming Denis ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

determinant; foreign news; international news; meta analysis; news flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038552035     PISSN: 00165492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016549298060006003     Document Type: Article

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