Valuing those close to us: A comparison of german and australian quality newspapers’ reporting of death in foreign news

Journalism Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-356

  Hanusch, Folker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative journalism; Death; International news; Journalism cultures; Media representation of death; News values

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350559425     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700801997281     Document Type: Article

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