Gender, race, and media representation

The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 297-318

  Brooks, Dwight E ^a   Hébert, Lisa P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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