Kansas readers feel loss when town’s paper closes

Newspaper Research Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 6-21

  Smethers, Steven ^a   Bressers, Bonnie ^a   Willard, Amber ^b   Harvey, Linda ^a   Freeland, Gloria ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 84858692168     PISSN: 07395329     EISSN: 23764791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073953290702800402     Document Type: Article

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