Picturing the Iraq war: Constructing the image of war in the British and US press

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 443-462

  Fahmy, Shahira ^a   Kim, Daekyung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

British press; Framing; Iraq war; Photojournalism; US press; Visual reporting; War coverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949093932     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048508096142     Document Type: Article

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