It's not as simple as it seems: Ambiguous culpability and ambivalent affect in news representations of violent youth

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-65

  Spencer, J William ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18144420066     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2005.28.1.47     Document Type: Article

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