Making Europe news: How journalists view their role and media performance

Journalism

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 398-422

  Statham, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Journalism; Media performance; Political communications

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049107945     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884908091292     Document Type: Article

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