Stopped at the gate: Women's sports, "Reader interest," and decision making by editors

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-77

  Hardin, Marie ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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SPORT;

EID: 20444386263     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900508200105     Document Type: Article

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