TV news and political change in Brazil: The impact of democratization on TV Globo's journalism

Journalism

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-384

  Porto, Mauro ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian journalism; Commercialization; Democratization; Journalism models; Media opening; Political communication; Political coverage; Tabloidization

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049163074     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884907078656     Document Type: Article

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