Visual framing of the early weeks of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq: Applying the master war narrative to electronic and print images

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 448-465

  Schwalbe, Carol B ^a,b   Silcock, B William ^b,c   Keith, Susan ^d,e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e State University of New Jersey

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EID: 49149097586     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838150802205702     Document Type: Article

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