The discourse of global compassion: The audience and media reporting of human suffering

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Höijer, Birgitta ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emotional engagement; Indifference; Reception studies; Victimization; War journalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142778095     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443704044215     Document Type: Article

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