The mayor's race: Campaign coverage and the discourse of race in America's three largest cities

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 255-278

  Peer, Limor ^a   Ettema, James S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032221320     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295039809367048     Document Type: Article

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