Do New Media Support New Policy Narratives? the Social Construction of the U.S.-Mexico Border on YouTube

Policy and Internet

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 497-525

  Lybecker, Donna L ^a   McBeth, Mark K ^a   Husmann, Maria A ^a   Pelikan, Nicholas ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

narrative policy framework; new media; public perception; social construction; U.S. Mexico border; YouTube

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949322554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/poi3.94     Document Type: Article

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