Covering Victims in the News: What Makes Minority Homicides Newsworthy?

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 755-783

  Gruenewald, Jeff ^a   Chermak, Steven M ^b   Pizarro, Jesenia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; media and crime; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882285345     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2011.628945     Document Type: Article

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