Competing frames for a public health issue and their effects on public opinion

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-457

  Brewer, Paul R ^a   Wise, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 77956041441     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205430903296077     Document Type: Article

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