When bad things happen in good places: Pastoralism in big-city newspaper coverage of small-town violence

Rural Sociology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-230

  Frank, Russell ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDIA ROLE; PASTORALISM; RURAL SOCIETY; VIOLENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038118560     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2003.tb00135.x     Document Type: Article

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