A Two-Pronged attack?: Exploring Private Eye’s satirical humour and investigative reporting

Journalism Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 765-781

  Lockyer, Sharon ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Democracy; Investigative journalism; Journalistic freedom; Moral boundaries; Private Eye; Satirical humour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969511757     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700600890422     Document Type: Article

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