The show for those who owe: Normalization of credit on lifetime's debt

Journal of Communication Inquiry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-26

  Merskin, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 34247408003     PISSN: 01968599     EISSN: 15524612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0196859998022001003     Document Type: Article

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