The news about new institutionalism: Journalism's ethic of objectivity and its political origins

Political Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-185

  Kaplan, Richard L ^a,b  

^a ABC CLIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Journalism; Journalism history; New institutionalism; Objectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747192309     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600600629737     Document Type: Review

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