Journalism as reason-giving: Deliberative democracy, institutional accountability, and the news media's mission

Political Communication

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-160

  Ettema, James S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Death penalty reform; Deliberative democracy; Editorials; Investigative journalism; Public moral argument; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249071035     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600701312860     Document Type: Article

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