An "incredible number of Latinos and Asians": Media representations of racial and ethnic population change in Atlanta, Georgia

Latino Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 177-197

  McConnell, Eileen Diaz ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

demographics; ethnicity; newspapers; population change; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052590662     PISSN: 14763435     EISSN: 14763443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/lst.2011.17     Document Type: Article

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