U.K. television news: Monopoly politics and cynical populism

Television and New Media

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 416-433

  Wayne, Mike ^a   Murray, Craig ^b,c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Consensus; Exclusion; Monopoly; Politics; Public; TV news

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349528136     PISSN: 15274764     EISSN: 15528316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527476409334020     Document Type: Review

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