Muzzling the watchdog: The case of disappearing watchdog journalism from Argentine mainstream news

Journalism

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 750-774

  Pinto, Juliet ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Institutional analysis; Latin America; Media systems; Watchdog journalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049558295     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884908096244     Document Type: Article

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