Education, education and indoctrination! Packaging politics and the three 'Rs'

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-270

  Franklin, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education policy; Government advertising; News management; Soundbites; Spin

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542516941     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268093042000207601     Document Type: Article

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