Witnessing

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 707-723

  Peters, John Durham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fact and fiction; Liveness; Media events; Temporality; Testimony; Veracity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035734517     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016344301023006002     Document Type: Article

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