How much is enough? New recommendations for using constructed week sampling in newspaper content analysis of health stories

Communication Methods and Measures

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-91

  Luke, Douglas A ^a   Caburnay, Charlene A ^a   Cohen, Elisia L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 79952426320     PISSN: 19312458     EISSN: 19312466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19312458.2010.547823     Document Type: Article

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