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Framing responsibility for depression: how U.S. news media attribute causal and problem-solving responsibilities when covering a major public health problem

Yuan ZhangRichard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Yan JinGrady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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Sean StewartNido R. Qubein School of Communication, High Point University, High Point, NC, USA
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Jeannette PorterSchool of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Pages 118-135 | Received 29 Oct 2014, Accepted 18 Mar 2015, Published online: 14 Mar 2016

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