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Book Title: Avoiding The News: Reluctant Audiences For Journalism
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Ruth Palmer, Benjamin Toff
Publication Name: Avoiding the News : Reluctant Audiences for Journalism
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2023
Series: Reuters Institute Global Journalism Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
