Counting color: Ambivalence and contradiction in the American society of newspaper editors' discourse of diversity

Journal of Communication Inquiry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-151

  Mellinger, Gwyneth ^a,b  

^a BAKER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Discourse; Media; Newspapers; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749125967     PISSN: 01968599     EISSN: 15524612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0196859902250862     Document Type: Article

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