All the news that's fit to see? The sexualization of television news journalists as a promotional strategy

Journal of Promotion Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 13-33

  Nitz, Michael ^a   Reichert, Tom ^b   Aune, Adonica Schultz ^c   Veldé, Andre Vander ^a  

^a AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Framing; Journalist; News; Newscaster; Promotion; Sex; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749091003     PISSN: 10496491     EISSN: 15407594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J057v13n01_03     Document Type: Article

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