A tale of two wars: Framing analysis of online news sites in coalition countries and the Arab World during the Iraq War

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-168

  Dimitrova, Daniela V ^a   Connolly Ahern, Colleen ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab media; International conflict and media; Iraq war; News framing; War coverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247630033     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170701309973     Document Type: Article

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