Media effects on public opinion about a newspaper strike

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 391-409

  Moy, Patricia ^a   McCoy, Kelley ^b   Spratt, Meg ^b   McCluskey, Michael R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Dart Center for Journalism/Trauma   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDIA ROLE; PERCEPTION;

EID: 0242499452     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900308000210     Document Type: Article

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