Doomed to repeat: Iraq News, 2002-2007

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 689-708

  Entman, Robert M ^a   Livingston, Steven ^a   Kim, Jennie ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF STATE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Iraq War; Media and foreign policy; Media and war

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649136422     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764208326516     Document Type: Article

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