Two Faces of Media Attention: Media Storm Versus Non-Storm Coverage

Political Communication

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 509-531

  Boydstun, Amber E ^a   Hardy, Anne ^b   Walgrave, Stefaan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

comparative content analysis; media dynamics; media hype; media storm; media wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911957321     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2013.875967     Document Type: Article

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