Examining media content: A case study of newspaper coverage of dowry in India, 1999-2006

Asian Journal of Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-395

  Borah, Porismita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dowry; Frames; Journalists frames; Media content; Peak periods

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349139190     PISSN: 01292986     EISSN: 17420911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01292980802413110     Document Type: Article

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