Research note: The tabloidization of British tabloids

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 387-402

  Uribe, Rodrigo ^a   Gunter, Barrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Homogenization; Infotainment; Polarization; Tabloidization

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544373044     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323104045265     Document Type: Article

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