Pre- and post-welfare reform media portrayals of poverty in the United States: The continuing importance of race and ethnicity

Politics and Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 142-162

  van Doorn, Bas W ^a  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Ethnicity; Hispanics; Media; Media coverage; Political communications; Poverty; Race; Social policy; United states; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922767170     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/polp.12107     Document Type: Article

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