News, race, and the status quo: The case of emmett louis till

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-192

  Spratt, Margaret ^a   Bullock, Cathy Ferrand ^b   Baldasty, Gerald ^a   Clark, Fiona ^c   Halavais, Alex ^c   McCluskey, Michael ^c   Schrenk, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Utah State University ^*

Author keywords

Civil rights; Emmett Till; Lynching; Mississippi; News frames; Social reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247556431     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170701309924     Document Type: Article

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