Substantiating a political public sphere in the Scottish press: A comparative analysis

Journalism

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-44

  Higgins, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Media Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Democracy; Political coverage; Public sphere; Scottish devolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049219311     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884906059426     Document Type: Article

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