From hunky heroes to dangerous dinosaurs: Journalism–union relations, news access and press coverage in the 2002–3 british fire brigades union dispute

Journalism Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 813-830

  O'Neill, Deirdre ^a  

^a LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Firefighters; Glasgow university media group; Media resources; Media strategy; National newspapers; News access; News agenda; News sources; Primary definer; Public relations; Trade unions; Union journalism relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960359297     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700701504781     Document Type: Article

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