Does gender determine journalists' professional views? A reassessment based on cross-national evidence

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-277

  Hanitzsch, Thomas ^a   Hanusch, Folker ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparison; gender; journalists; professional views; survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867025970     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: 14603705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323112454804     Document Type: Article

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