Women matter in newsrooms: How power and critical mass relate to the coverage of the HPV Vaccine

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 301-319

  Correa, Teresa ^a   Harp, Dustin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; VACCINE; VIRUS; WOMENS STATUS;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

EID: 80052195888     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769901108800205     Document Type: Article

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