Media influence on the attitudes and knowledge of york adolescents towards Islam, Muslims, the middle east and Arabs

Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-185

  Brockett, A A ^a   Baird, P D ^a  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Arabs; Islam; Islamophobia; Media; Media influence; Middle East attitudes; Muslim Proximity Index; Muslims

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649544977     PISSN: 17519411     EISSN: 1751942X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/jammr.1.2.165/1     Document Type: Article

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