Reversed negatives: How the news media respond to “our” atrocities

Terrorism and Torture: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 246-264

  Tiffen, Rodney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84927963775     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511581199.013     Document Type: Chapter

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