The search for non-existent facts in the reporting of disasters

Journalism and Mass Communication Educator

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 45-53

  Scanlon, Joseph ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79953923203     PISSN: 10776958     EISSN: 21614326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769589805300205     Document Type: Article

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