The broadcast political interview and strategies used by politicians: How the Australian prime minister promoted the Iraq War

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 623-640

  Young, Sally ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Media interviews; Media management; Radio; Rhetoric; Television; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749133128     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443708094012     Document Type: Article

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