Mainland China frames Taiwan: How china's news websites covered taiwan's 2004 presidential election

Asian Journal of Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-57

  Kevin Han, Gang ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mainland China; News Frame; News Website; Presidential Election; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064296854     PISSN: 01292986     EISSN: 17420911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01292980601114547     Document Type: Article

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