Discipline in Crisis? The Shifting Paradigm of Mass Communication Research

Communication Theory

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-24

  Lang, A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; PARADIGM SHIFT; RESEARCH;

KUHNIA;

EID: 84872832686     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: 14682885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/comt.12000     Document Type: Article

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