Welfare reform, personal narratives and the media: How welfare recipients and journalists frame the welfare debate

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1-20

  Lens, Vicki ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Media; Personal narratives; Tanf; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937379921     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v06n02_01     Document Type: Article

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