Television exposure not predictive of terrorism fear

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Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 128-145

  Rubin, Alan M ^a   Haridakis, Paul M ^a   Hullman, Gwen A ^a   Sun, Shaojing ^a   Chikombero, Pamela M ^a   Pornsakulvanich, Vikanda ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248636721     PISSN: 07395329     EISSN: 23764791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073953290302400115     Document Type: Article

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