Mass media, class, and democracy: The struggle over newspaper representation of the UPS strike

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 285-302

  Kumar, Deepa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040482981     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07393180128086     Document Type: Article

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