Mass media and the death penalty: Social construction of three Nebraska executions

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 236-253

  Lipschultz, Jeremy H ^a   Hilt, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

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EID: 0040331098     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838159909364487     Document Type: Article

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