The framing of politics as strategy and game: A review of concepts, operationalizations and key findings

Journalism

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-178

  Aalberg, Toril ^a   Strömbäck, Jesper ^b   De Vreese, Claes H ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

game frame; horse race frame; political news journalism; strategy frame

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855976318     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884911427799     Document Type: Review

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