Modern racism in the media: Constructions of 'the possibility of change' in accounts of two Australian 'riots'

Discourse and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 667-687

  Simmons, Katie ^a   Lecouteur, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crowd events; Discourse; Discursive psychology; Media; Modern racism; Riot

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249094322     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926508092248     Document Type: Article

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