Rethinking news and myth as storytelling

The Handbook of Journalism Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 205-217

  Bird, S Elizabeth ^a   Dardenne, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 85075681054     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203877685-24     Document Type: Chapter

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