Slanted newspaper coverage of immigration: The importance of economics and geography

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-273

  Branton, Regina P ^a   Dunaway, Johanna ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic context; Immigration; Media contentMmediabias; Political news

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; ECONOMICS; GIS; IMMIGRATION; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65449143195     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2009.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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