Fear, authority, and justice: Crime-related TV viewing and endorsements of capital punishment and gun ownership

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 343-363

  Holbert, R Lance ^a   Shah, Dhavan V ^b   Kwak, Nojin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 4444310217     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900408100208     Document Type: Article

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