The war of the words: How linguistic differences in reporting shape perceptions of terrorism

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-86

  Dunn, Elizabeth W ^a,c   Moore, Moriah ^b,d   Nosek, Brian A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d University of British Columbia ^*  (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANGUAGE; PERCEPTION; TERRORISM;

EID: 29244463542     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2005.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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