Age, wealth, education predict letters to editor

Newspaper Research Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 55-66

  Reader, Bill ^a   Stempel, Guido H ^a   Daniel, Douglass K ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38349028657     PISSN: 07395329     EISSN: 23764791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073953290402500406     Document Type: Letter

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