Metaphors and misrepresentation: Gendered mediation in news coverage of the 1993 Canadian leaders' debates

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-65

  Gidengil, Elisabeth ^a   Everitt, Joanna ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

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EID: 0007213032     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X99004001005     Document Type: Article

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