The crowding-out effect: Issue dynamics and attention to environmental issues in television news reporting over 30 years

Journalism Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 499-516

  Djerf Pierre, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

environmental journalism; environmental news; intra media agenda setting; issue attention cycles; issue dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863568971     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2011.650924     Document Type: Article

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