'Is anyone else out there sick of the news?!': TV viewers' responses to non-routine news coverage

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 471-494

  Harrington, C Lee ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032380692     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016344398020003007     Document Type: Article

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