In Lindner's Content Analysis of Journalistic Accounts of the Iraq

question 4

Multiple Choice

In Lindner's content analysis of journalistic accounts of the Iraq War, his sampling unit was _______ and his recording unit was _______.

• A) print articles; article headlines
• B) journalists; print articles
• C) print articles; print articles
• D) journalists; article headlines

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Definitions:

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