From lapdog to watchdog: The role of the press in Latin America's democratization

Making Journalists: Diverse Models, Global Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 181-202

  Alves, Rosental Calmon ^a,b  

^a International Journalism at Texas   (United States)

^b Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas   (United States)

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EID: 84905128177     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203088029     Document Type: Chapter

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