A case study in ethical failure: Twenty years of media coverage of aboriginal deaths in custody

Pacific Journalism Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 17-41

  Bacon, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84864481363     PISSN: 10239499     EISSN: 23242035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24135/pjr.v11i2.838     Document Type: Note

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