The content analysis of media frames: Toward improving reliability and validity

Journal of Communication

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 258-279

  Matthes, Jörg ^a   Kohring, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MASS MEDIA; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 47949132777     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2008.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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