'Journalists are the confessors of the public', says one Foucaultian

Journalism

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 200-219

  Dent, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discursive formation; Discursive practices; Discursive Truth; Foucault; Journalism; Public confession; Public speech

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049227988     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884907086875     Document Type: Article

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