Image Construction in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina

Public Organization Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-355

  Koven, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Government incompetence; Hurricane Katrina; Interpretive theory; Media; Reality construction; Spin

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650205852     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-010-0110-y     Document Type: Article

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