Bearing witness, journalism and moral responsibility

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1220-1235

  Tait, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

bearing witness; Darfur; journalism; media witnessing; Nicholas Kristof

Indexed keywords

EID: 81555207893     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443711422460     Document Type: Article

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