Emotion instruction in journalism courses: an analysis of introductory news writing textbooks

Communication Education

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 90-108

  Hopper, K Megan ^a   Huxford, John ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emotional labor; journalism education; professional roles; Textbook analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981275815     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634523.2016.1210815     Document Type: Article

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