Je Suis Charlie? The framing of in-group transgression and the attribution of responsibility for the Charlie Hebdo attack

International Journal of Communication

Volumn 10, Issue , 2016, Pages 3956-3974

  Walter, Nathan ^a   Demetriades, Stefanie Z ^a   Kelly, Ruthie ^a   Gillig, Traci K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Collective guilt; Framing; Islamophobia; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032153543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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