Deliberation in spite of controversy? News media and the public's evaluation of a controversial issue in South Korea

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 320-336

  Kim, Sei Hill ^a   Scheufele, Dietram A ^b   Shanahan, James ^c   Choi, Doo Hun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 80052246221     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769901108800206     Document Type: Article

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