Understanding variations in media coverage of U.S. supreme court decisions: Comparing media outlets in their coverage of Lawrence v. Texas

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 64-85

  Haider Markel, Donald P ^a   Allen, Ahalley D ^b   Johansen, Morgen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Gays and lesbians; Media; Sodomy; State; Supreme Court

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644929219     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: 1531328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X05286065     Document Type: Article

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