Closing Gaps in International Knowledge and Participation: News Attention, Online Expression, and the 2010 Haiti Earthquake

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 417-440

  Martin, Jason A ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84878124740     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2012.713149     Document Type: Article

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