Counter-hegemony and environmental justice in California newspapers: Source use patterns in stories about pesticides and farm workers

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 559-577

  Burch, Elizabeth A ^a   Harry, Joseph C ^b  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; MEDIA ROLE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10944223417     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900408100307     Document Type: Article

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