Looking beyond hate: How national and regional newspapers framed hate crimes in Jasper, Texas, and Laramie, Wyoming

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 833-852

  Husselbee, L Paul ^a   Elliott, Larry ^b  

^a SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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MEDIA INDUSTRY;

EID: 0038304421     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900207900405     Document Type: Article

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