Some dared call it torture: Cultural resonance, Abu Ghraib, and a selectively echoing press

Journal of Communication

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1043-1061

  Rowling, Charles M ^a   Jones, Timothy M ^b   Sheets, Penelope ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS MEDIA; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 83155176244     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01600.x     Document Type: Article

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