Watchdog or good neighbor? The public's expectations of local news

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-88

  Poindexter, Paula M ^a   Heider, Don ^a   McCombs, Maxwell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Good neighbor; Local news; Public; Watchdog

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044438468     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: 1531328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X05283795     Document Type: Article

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