Change and the illusion of change: Evolving portrayals of crime news and blacks in a major market

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-143

  Johnson, Kirk A ^a   Dixon, Travis L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Black press; Blacks; Boston media; Charles Stuart; News

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249124058     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170801990979     Document Type: Article

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