Limits of national discourse on a transnational phenomenon: A case study of immigration framing in the BBC Online

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-268

  Polson, Erika ^a   Kahle, Shannon ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Framing; Immigration; Journalism; National identity; Normative theory; Transnational

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949891887     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048509356951     Document Type: Article

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