Body-Count Journalism: The Presentation of Mass Murder in the News Media

Homicide Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 364-399

  Duwe, Grant ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84993699103     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767900004004004     Document Type: Article

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