Attending the news: A grounded theory about a daily regimen

Journalism

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-94

  Martin, Vivian B ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CCSU ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gender and news media; News reception; Qualitative audience studies; Race and media; Ritual view of communication; Symbolic boundaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049433194     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884907084341     Document Type: Article

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