Dimensions of political news cultures: Sound bite and image bite news in France, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 401-428

  Esser, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Comparative research; Election campaign; Journalism; News reporting; Press systems; Television news

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049088280     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161208323691     Document Type: Article

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