Textual (Im)Possibilities in the U.S. Post-Network Era: Negotiating Production and Promotion Processes on Lifetime's Any Day Now

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-43

  Lotz, Amanda D ^a,b  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 1842632370     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0739318042000184389     Document Type: Review

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