Racist comments at online news sites: A methodological dilemma for discourse analysis

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 332-347

  Hughey, Matthew W ^a   Daniels, Jessie ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

civil sphere; discourse; internet; methodology; news; racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876061276     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443712472089     Document Type: Article

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