Unnamed sources as rhetorical constructs in news agency reports

Journalism Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-243

  Stenvall, Maija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anonymity; News agencies; Objectivity; Quotes; Rhetoric; Sources

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956116225     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700701848279     Document Type: Article

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