A structural hermeneutics of The O'Reilly Factor

Theory and Society

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-346

  Norton, Matthew ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural systems; Media; News analysis; Partisanship; Structural hermeneutics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954628254     PISSN: 03042421     EISSN: 15737853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11186-011-9143-7     Document Type: Article

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