"Smile while I cut your throat": Mass media, myth, and the contested "Harmonization" of the working class

Journal of Communication Inquiry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 298-325

  Tracy, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 34247751449     PISSN: 01968599     EISSN: 15524612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0196859901025003007     Document Type: Article

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