Why embed?: Explaining the bush administration's decision to embed reporters in the 2003 invasion of Iraq

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 657-677

  Cortell, Andrew P ^a   Eisinger, Robert M ^a   Althaus, Scott L ^b  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bush administration; Embedded reporting; Iraq War; Militaryg media relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649135001     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764208326514     Document Type: Article

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