Newspapers' framing of elder abuse: It's not a family affair

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 777-794

  Mastin, Teresa ^a   Choi, Jounghwa ^a   Barboza, Gia Elise ^b   Post, Lori ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; INFORMATION; MEDIA ROLE; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 42449146660     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900708400408     Document Type: Article

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