Media use, Anti-Americanism and international support for the Iraq war

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 68, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 533-550

  Willnat, Lars ^a   Aw, Annette ^b   Hamdy, Naila Nabil ^c   He, Zhou ^d   Menayang, Victor ^e   La Porte, María Teresa ^f   Sanders, Karen ^g   Tamam, Ezhar ^h  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anti Americanism; Emotions; Foreign policy; Iraq; Media exposure; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750172576     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048506068729     Document Type: Article

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