Covering Asian America: A content analysis examining Asian American community size and its relationship to major newspapers' coverage

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 222-241

  Oh, David C ^a   Katz, Madeleine ^a  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; News; Newspaper; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449652007     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170903069979     Document Type: Article

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