Vietnam and IRAQ: Memory versus history during the 2004 presidential campaign coverage

Journalism Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 729-744

  Robinson, Sue ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

History; Iraq; Journalism; Memory; Source; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 48549102666     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700600890398     Document Type: Article

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