The appeal of qualitative methods to traditional agenda-setting research: An Example from West Africa

Gazette

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 521-537

  Kwansah Aidoo, Kwamena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

agenda setting; environmental issues; mass media; qualitative methods; traditional methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993705154     PISSN: 00165492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016549201063006004     Document Type: Article

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