Getting counted: Markets, media, and reality

American Sociological Review

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 270-295

  Kennedy, Mark Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 56849103705     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240807300205     Document Type: Article

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