Framing the battle for the white house: A comparison of two national newspapers' coverage of the 2000 United States presidential election

Gazette

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 441-467

  Gan, Faith ^a,b   Teo, Joo Leng ^c,d   Detenber, Benjamin H ^e,f  

^a Singapore Permanent Mission to the United Nations   (Switzerland)

^b International Centre Cointrin   (Switzerland)

^c Singapore Airlines   (Singapore)

^d Nanyang Technological University ^*  (Singapore)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^f NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Election coverage; Framing; France; Horse race; Newspaper; Objectivity; Political communication; Singapore; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644564201     PISSN: 00165492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016549205056052     Document Type: Article

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