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#DiminishingDiscrimination: The symbolic annihilation of race and racism in news hashtags of “calling 911 on black people"

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#DiminishingDiscrimination: The symbolic annihilation of race and racism in news hashtags of “calling 911 on black people". / Gutsche Jr, Robert; Cong, Xinhe; Pan, Feihong et al.
In: Journalism, Vol. 23, No. 1, 01.01.2022, p. 259-277.

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Gutsche Jr, R, Cong, X, Pan, F, Sun, Y & DeLoach, L 2022, '#DiminishingDiscrimination: The symbolic annihilation of race and racism in news hashtags of “calling 911 on black people"', Journalism, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 259-277. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884920919279

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Gutsche Jr, R., Cong, X., Pan, F., Sun, Y., & DeLoach, L. (2022). #DiminishingDiscrimination: The symbolic annihilation of race and racism in news hashtags of “calling 911 on black people". Journalism, 23(1), 259-277. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884920919279

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Gutsche Jr R, Cong X, Pan F, Sun Y, DeLoach L. #DiminishingDiscrimination: The symbolic annihilation of race and racism in news hashtags of “calling 911 on black people". Journalism. 2022 Jan 1;23(1):259-277. Epub 2020 May 9. doi: 10.1177/1464884920919279

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Gutsche Jr, Robert ; Cong, Xinhe ; Pan, Feihong et al. / #DiminishingDiscrimination : The symbolic annihilation of race and racism in news hashtags of “calling 911 on black people". In: Journalism. 2022 ; Vol. 23, No. 1. pp. 259-277.

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