News images, race, and attribution in the wake of Hurricane Katrina

Journal of Communication

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 466-490

  Ben Porath, Eran N ^a   Shaker, Lee K ^b  

^a SSRS/Social Science Research Solutions   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; INFORMATION; NATURAL DISASTER; PHOTOGRAPH; RACE; SOCIAL IMPACT;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955761468     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2010.01493.x     Document Type: Article

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