Cecil: A moment or a movement? Analysis of media coverage of the death of a lion, Panthera Leo

Animals

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Macdonald, David W ^a   Jacobsen, Kim S ^a   Burnham, Dawn ^a   Johnson, Paul J ^a   Loveridge, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cecil the lion; Editorial media; Lions; Media analysis; Social media; Trophy hunting; Viral

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964771116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani6050026     Document Type: Article

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