Victims of Terrorism and the Media

Terrorists, Victims and Society: Psychological Perspectives on Terrorism and its Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 176-187

  Pfefferbaum, Betty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Free society; Media; Terrorism; Victims; Western world

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948954485     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713600.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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