Television and environmental sustainability: Arguing a case for a code of standards in NZ

Pacific Journalism Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-147

  Spellerberg, Ian S ^a   Buchan, Graeme D ^a   Early, Nick ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Restore NZ Ltd   (New Zealand)

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EID: 77649096823     PISSN: 10239499     EISSN: 23242035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24135/pjr.v12i2.866     Document Type: Article

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