Where media turn during crises: A look at information subsidies and the Virginia tech shootings

Electronic News

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 94-108

  Wigley, Shelley ^a   Fontenot, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68149169856     PISSN: 19312431     EISSN: 1931244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19312430902834748     Document Type: Article

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