Where in the world is Africa?: Predicting coverage of Africa by US television networks

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-57

  Golan, Guy J ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Coverage; Determinants; International; News; News flow; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249093156     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048507084577     Document Type: Article

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