A descriptive analysis of NBC's coverage of the Centennial Olympics: The "games of the woman"?

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-182

  Tuggle, C A ^a   Owen, Anne ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0003042591     PISSN: 01937235     EISSN: 15527638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193723599232004     Document Type: Article

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