Further notes on why American sociology abandoned mass communication research

Journal of Communication

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 767-786

  Pooley, Jefferson ^a   Katz, Elihu ^b  

^a MUHLENBERG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 58149199737     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2008.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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