The battle for 'Trayvon Martin': Mapping a media controversy online and off-line

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Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Graeff, Erhardt ^a   Stempeck, Matt ^b   Zuckerman, Ethan ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MIT Center for Civic Media   (United States)

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EID: 84894071049     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v19i2.4947     Document Type: Article

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