Textbooks and teaching: A lesson from students

Journalism and Mass Communication Educator

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 4-17

  Besser, Donna ^a   Stone, Gerald ^a   Nan, Luan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 5344247183     PISSN: 10776958     EISSN: 21614326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769589805300401     Document Type: Note

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