Media system, public knowledge and democracy: A comparative study

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-26

  Curran, James ^a   Iyengar, Shanto ^b   Brink Lund, Anker ^c   Salovaara Moring, Inka ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Democracy; Marketization; Media system; News reporting; Public knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449154560     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: 14603705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323108098943     Document Type: Article

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