Prime time commemoration: An analysis of television broadcasts on Israel's memorial day for the holocaust and the heroism

Journal of Communication

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 456-480

  Meyers, Oren ^a   Zandberg, Eyal ^b   Neiger, Motti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NETANYA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ICONOGRAPHY; MEDIA ROLE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEVISION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70350423005     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2009.01424.x     Document Type: Article

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