School Shootings and the Man-Bites-Dog Criterion of Newsworthiness

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 330-345

  Lawrence, Richard ^a   Mueller, David ^b  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fear of crime; juvenile crime; mass media; school shootings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750870637     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204003255842     Document Type: Article

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