Quelling the "oxygen of publicity": British broadcasting and "the troubles" during the Thatcher years: The conflict in Northern Ireland

Journal of Popular Culture

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-132

  Edgerton, Gary ^a  

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EID: 0040061911     PISSN: 00223840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1996.00115.x     Document Type: Review

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