Reducing race: News themes in the 2008 primaries

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-400

  Squires, Catherine R ^a   Jackson, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

biracial; black voters; content analysis; election coverage; framing; Latina o voters; race and news; racism; white voters

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957255954     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161210372962     Document Type: Article

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