Obituaries for sale: Wellspring of cash and unreliable testimony

Journalism Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 444-452

  Starck, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advertising revenue; Fabrication; Obituary; Paid obituaries; Vanity publishing

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849120020     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512780802281172     Document Type: Article

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