The Latin Bias: Regions, the Anglo-American Media, and Human Rights.
Hafner-Burton, Emilie and James Ron. (2012) The Latin Bias: Regions, the Anglo-American Media, and Human Rights. International Studies Quarterly, doi: © 2012 International Studies Association Media attention is unevenly allocated across global human rights problems, prompting anger, frustration, and...
| Publicado en: | International Studies Quarterly Vol. 57; no. 3; p. 474 |
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