Negativity in political news: A review of concepts, operationalizations and key findings

Journalism

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-202

  Lengauer, Günther ^a   Esser, Frank ^b   Berganza, Rosa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

conflict; content analysis; media coverage; media framing; negativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855919061     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884911427800     Document Type: Review

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