How events enter the public sphere: Conflict, location, and sponsorship in local newspaper coverage of public events

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-87

  Oliver, Pamela E ^a   Myers, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin ^*

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EID: 0039756623     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/210267     Document Type: Article

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