Poverty in the news: A framing analysis of coverage in Canada and the UK

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 820-849

  Redden, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canada; Framing analysis; Neoliberal rationality; News; Poverty; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961033736     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2011.586432     Document Type: Article

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