Terrorism and the politics of fear

Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 415-439

  Altheide, David L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear; Mass media; Propaganda; Qualitative media analysis; Social control; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249151460     PISSN: 15327086     EISSN: 1552356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532708605285733     Document Type: Article

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