Quantitative depictions of threatening phenomena in news reports the scary world of frequency data

Human Communication Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-52

  Berger, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0033622235     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2000.tb00748.x     Document Type: Article

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