Broadcast news portrayal of minorities: Accuracy in reporting

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1611-1616

  Klein, Roger D ^a   Naccarato, Stacy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Minorities; TV news; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043209121     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764203254617     Document Type: Article

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