How do the news media frame crises? A content analysis of crisis news coverage

Public Relations Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-112

  An, Seon Kyoung ^a   Gower, Karla K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Crisis news; News frame

Indexed keywords

EID: 63149098695     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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