Media construction of socio-political crises in Nigeria

Journal of Language and Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-108

  Chiluwa, Innocent ^a  

^a Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Crises; Media; News headlines; Nigeria; Socio political; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960001593     PISSN: 15692159     EISSN: 15699862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jlp.10.1.05chi     Document Type: Article

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