The CNN effect: The search for a communication theory of international relations

Political Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-44

  Gilboa, Eytan ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

CNN effect; Communication technologies; Foreign policymaking; Global communication; Humanitarian intervention; International conflict; Paradigms; Television news; U.S. Foreign policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544292490     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600590908429     Document Type: Review

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