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A Decade of Research on Health Content in the Media: The Focus on Health Challenges and Sociocultural Context and Attendant Informational and Ideological Problems

Kimberly N. Kline Department of Speech Communication, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 43-59 | Published online: 23 Feb 2007

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