Powers in the land?: British political columnists in the information era

Journalism Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 230-244

  Duff, Alistair S ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British press; Columnists; Information society; Political process; Power; Sources

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249130146     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512780801999386     Document Type: Article

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