Blasphemy as sacred rite/right: “The mohammed cartoons affair” and maintenance of journalistic ideology

Journalism Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 779-797

  Berkowitz, Dan ^a   Eko, Lyombe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartoons; France; Journalistic paradigm; Jyllands posten; Mohammad; Ritual; United states

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015225499     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700701504757     Document Type: Article

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