U.S. Tabloid magazine coverage of a celebrity dating abuse incident: Rihanna and chris brown

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 733-744

  Rothman, Emily F ^a   Nagaswaran, Anita ^b   Johnson, Renee M ^a   Adams, Kelley M ^a   Scrivens, Juliane ^a   Baughman, Allyson ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

COURTSHIP; FAMOUS PERSONS; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84864071097     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2011.635778     Document Type: Article

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