Race and ethical reasoning: The importance of race to journalistic decision making

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 295-310

  Coleman, Renita ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; MEDIA INDUSTRY; RACE;

EID: 0242667872     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900308000205     Document Type: Article

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