Frame complexity and the financial crisis: A comparison of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany in the period 2007-2012

Journal of Communication

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-23

  Kleinnijenhuis, Jan ^a   Schultz, Friederike ^a   Oegema, Dirk ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agenda Setting; Communicative Complexity; Consumer Confidence; Financial Crisis; Frame Complexity

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; STAKEHOLDER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922838901     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12141     Document Type: Article

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