Separate spaces: Discourse about the 2007 Scottish elections on a national newspaper Web site

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-496

  Singer, Jane B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Election campaign; Media audiences; Nationalism; Newspapers; Public sphere; Web site

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349638111     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161209336659     Document Type: Article

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