The representation of female athletes in online images of successive Olympic games

Pacific Journalism Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-129

  Jones, Dianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 77951786644     PISSN: 10239499     EISSN: 23242035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24135/pjr.v12i1.848     Document Type: Article

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