Television and social identity: Race representation as "white" accommodation

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 413-431

  Coover, Gail E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b M3C Consulting   (United States)

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EID: 0242521038     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15506878jobem4503_3     Document Type: Article

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