The dark arts of good people: How popular culture negotiates 'spin' in NBC's The West Wing

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-69

  Richardson, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drama; Metalanguage; Metapragmatics; Political discourse; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646678639     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-6441.2006.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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