Who's really writing those ‘canned’ letters to the editor?

Newspaper Research Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 43-56

  Reader, Bill ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85006527076     PISSN: 07395329     EISSN: 23764791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073953290502600204     Document Type: Letter

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