Talking a "blue" streak: Context and offensive language in prime time network television programs

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 911-927

  Kaye, Barbara K ^a   Sapolsky, Barry S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 16344379775     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900408100412     Document Type: Article

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