Television in living color: Racial diversity in the local commercial television industry

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 123-146

  Brooks, Dwight E ^a   Daniels, George L ^b   Hollifield, C Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual Employment Reports; Federal Communications Commission; Job Categories; Racial Minorities; Workforce Diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952861559     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170304275     Document Type: Article

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