Embedding the truth: A cross-cultural analysis of objectivity and television coverage of the Iraq war

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-21

  Aday, Sean ^a   Livingston, Steven ^a   Hebert, Maeve ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hart Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Al jazeera; Bias; Embedded journalists; Framing; Television news; War coverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 16644383491     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X05275727     Document Type: Article

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