The President, the Press, and the War: A Tale of Two Framing Agendas

Political Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 428-446

  Glazier, Rebecca A ^a   Boydstun, Amber E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

attention dynamics; framing; media; president; war

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868134396     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2012.721870     Document Type: Article

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