"To plead our own cause": Public opinion toward black and mainstream news media among African Americans

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-250

  Vercellotti, Timothy ^a   Brewer, Paul R ^b  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Evaluations; Newspaper; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749825682     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934705277945     Document Type: Article

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