Theory through history: Exploring scholarly conceptions of U.S. alternative media

Communication Review

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 305-326

  Hamilton, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1080/10714420109359472     Document Type: Article

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