The method is the message: Explaining inconsistent findings in gender and news production research

Journalism

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-89

  Lavie, Aliza ^a   Lehman Wilzig, Sam ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Editorial news process; Gender; Interview; News research methodologies; Otherness; Questionnaire; Radio news and current events programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846117390     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884905048953     Document Type: Article

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