Explicating the Moral Responsibility of the Advertiser: TARES as an Ethical Model for Fast Food Advertising

Journal of Mass Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 225-240

  Lee, Seow Ting ^a   Nguyen, Hoang Lien ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84887070805     PISSN: 08900523     EISSN: 15327728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08900523.2013.792700     Document Type: Article

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