Shifts in public affairs reporting on the network evening news: a move toward the sensational

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 290-302

  Slattery, Karen ^a   Doremus, Mark ^a   Marcus, Linda ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2542641584     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15506878jobem4502_6     Document Type: Article

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