Big tree, small news: Media access, symbolic power and strategic intervention

Journalism

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 589-606

  Lester, Libby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

El Grande; environmental communications; news media access; political conflict; source strategy; symbolic power; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751664139     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884910373537     Document Type: Review

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