Framing in a contested space: media reporting on tourism and mining in Australia

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 960-980

  McLennan, Char lee J ^a   Becken, Susanne ^a   Moyle, Brent D ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

conflict; framing; hedging; media; mining; tourism

Indexed keywords

BET-HEDGING; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; ECOTOURISM; EXCHANGE RATE; GOVERNMENT; MINING; RESOURCE USE; TOURISM; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84905611311     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2014.946893     Document Type: Article

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