Reporting conventions: Journalists, activists, and the thorny struggle for political visibility

Social Problems

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 505-528

  Sobieraj, Sarah ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77958508845     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2010.57.4.505     Document Type: Review

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