Change we can believe in? Barack Obama's Framing Strategies for Bridging Racial Divisions

Du Bois Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-151

  Eibach, Richard P ^a   Purdie Vaughns, Valerie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Obama; Racial Equality; Social Judgment; White and Black Americans

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950753595     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X09090080     Document Type: Article

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