Media framing and racial attitudes in the aftermath of Katrina

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 587-605

  Haider Markel, Donald P ^a   Delehanty, William ^a   Beverlin, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; MEDIA ROLE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37749024206     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2007.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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