Situation or Social problem: The influence of events on media coverage of homelessness

Social Problems

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-91

  Best, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Homelessness; Media; News; Social problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549136276     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2010.57.1.74     Document Type: Conference Paper

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