Representing Gun Owners: Frame Identification as Social Responsibility in News Media Discourse

Written Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-75

  Downs, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 85001182511     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074108830201900103     Document Type: Article

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