Market conditions and public affairs programming: Implications for digital television policy

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 15-29

  Napoli, Philip M ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035644038     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108118001129172116     Document Type: Article

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