Attitudes toward wolves in the United States and Canada: A content analysis of the print news media, 1999-2008

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 389-403

  Houston, Melanie J ^a   Bruskotter, Jeremy T ^a   Fan, David ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Content analysis; News media; Wolves

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE;

EID: 77957709503     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2010.507563     Document Type: Article

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