Counter-imaging: Myth-making and Americanization in Israeli Labor Party campaign ads, 2003

Visual Communication

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 304-332

  Perlmutter, David D ^a   Golan, Guy ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Americanization; associational juxtaposition; counter imaging; election; globalization; Israel; myth; political advertisement; political campaign; political consulting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249149602     PISSN: 14703572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470357205055923     Document Type: Article

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