Structural bias in cross-national perspective: How political systems and journalism cultures influence government dominance in the news

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-55

  van Dalen, Arjen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

comparative; conflict framing; content analysis; government; legislators; structural bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 83355176597     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161211411087     Document Type: Article

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