The normative-economic justification for public discourse: Letters to the editor as a "wide open" forum

Journalism and Mass Communication Quaterly

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 121-133

  Wahl Jorgensen, Karin ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036490024     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900207900109     Document Type: Article

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