Agenda building, source selection, and health news at local television stations: A nationwide survey of local television health reporters

Science Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 350-363

  Tanner, Andrea H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda building; Health; Media; News sources; Television news

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542612318     PISSN: 10755470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1075547004265127     Document Type: Article

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