Images of protest: Dimensions of selection bias in media coverage of Washington demonstrations, 1982 and 1991

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 478-499

  McCarthy, John D ^a,d,e   McPhail, Clark ^b   Smith, Jackie ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d Catholic University of America ^*

^e WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

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EID: 4243096431     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096360     Document Type: Article

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