Conquering the minds, conquering Iraq: The social production of misinformation in the United States - A case study

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 284-307

  Arsenault, Amelia ^a,b   Castells, Manuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USC Annenberg School for Communication   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Framing; Misinformation; Political communication strategy; Weapons of mass destruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745374804     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180600751256     Document Type: Review

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