Bias in the news?: The representation of Palestinians and Israelis in the coverage of the first and second intifada

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-109

  Deprez, Annelore ^a   Raeymaeckers, Karin ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bias; Content analysis; First and Second Intifada; In depth interviews; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649107584     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048509350341     Document Type: Article

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