No cure for what ails us: The media-constructed disconnect between societal problem and possible solutions

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-73

  Kensicki, Linda Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 2942665791     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900408100105     Document Type: Article

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