Holding the news media accountable: A study of media reporters and media critics in the United States

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 818-832

  Fengler, Susanne ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

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MEDIA INDUSTRY;

EID: 1842711711     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900308000405     Document Type: Article

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