Exposure to Muslims in Media and Support for Public Policies Harming Muslims

Communication Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 841-869

  Saleem, Muniba ^a   Prot, Sara ^b   Anderson, Craig A ^b   Lemieux, Anthony F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d US Department of Homeland Security   (United States)

Author keywords

media effects; Muslims; public policy; stereotypes; terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025146531     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650215619214     Document Type: Article

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