Sourcing homelessness: How journalists use sources to frame homelessness

Journalism

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-86

  Schneider, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Content analysis; Framing; Homelessness; News sources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856471470     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884911421573     Document Type: Review

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