Fighting the battle or running the race?: Metaphor analysis of cancer photos in the associated press

Visual Communication Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 180-195

  Grant, Jo Anna ^a   Hundley, Heather ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84978616332     PISSN: 15551393     EISSN: 15551407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15551390802235578     Document Type: Article

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