Social work in the press: A cross-national study

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 194-201

  Reid, William J ^a   Misener, Elizabeth ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Cross national; Newspapers; Social work image; The media; The press

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347871726     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2397.00172     Document Type: Article

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