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‘It’s better than blaming a dead young man’: Creating mythical archetypes in local coverage of the Mississippi River drownings

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‘It’s better than blaming a dead young man’: Creating mythical archetypes in local coverage of the Mississippi River drownings. / Gutsche Jr, Robert; Salkin, Erica.
In: Journalism, Vol. 14, No. 1, 01.01.2013, p. 61-77.

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Gutsche Jr R, Salkin E. ‘It’s better than blaming a dead young man’: Creating mythical archetypes in local coverage of the Mississippi River drownings. Journalism. 2013 Jan 1;14(1):61-77. Epub 2012 Apr 16. doi: 10.1177/1464884912442452

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