Narratives of guilt: Television news magazine coverage of the O. J. simpson criminal trial

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-48

  Grabe, Maria Elizabeth ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Gender; Morality; Narrative; News Coverage; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937330937     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106461700246706     Document Type: Article

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