Cross-cultural media-tions: Media coverage of two child sexual abuse controversies innewzealand/aotearoa

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 334-345

  Atmore, Chris ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Feminism; Media; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024235259     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199612)5:5<334::AID-CAR288>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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