Sexing the Media: How and Why We Do It

Sexing the Media: How and Why We Do It

by Debra L. Merskin

Peter Lang (May 2014) 342 pp

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Debra Merskin is an associate professor, School of Journalism and Communication, and a CSWS faculty affiliate.

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Debra L. Merskin

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2014

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Sexing the Media: How and Why We Do It

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