The “Unabomber” vs. the “Nail Bomber”: A Cross-Cultural comparison of newspaper coverage of two murder trials

Journalism Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-251

  Wardle, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Discourse Analysis; Journalism; Mental Illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012200304     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461670032000074829     Document Type: Article

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