Crime, foreigners and hard news: A cross-national comparison of reporting and public perception

Journalism

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-19

  Curran, James ^a   Salovaara Moring, Inka ^b   Coen, Sharon ^c   Iyengar, Shanto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

British journalism; Comparing media; Finnish journalism; Hard news; Public knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951044024     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884909350640     Document Type: Review

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