Women's Depiction by the Mass Media

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Previous articleNext article No AccessThe New Scholarship: Review EssaysWomen's Depiction by the Mass MediaGaye TuchmanGaye Tuchman Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Signs Volume 4, Number 3Spring, 1979 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/493636 Views: 469Total views on this site Citations: 94Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1979 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Amal Jamal, Noa Lavie Ethical dilemmas of minority creative workers in the cultural industries: Palestinian actors in Israeli films and dramas, American Journal of Cultural Sociology 20 (Sep 2022).https://doi.org/10.1057/s41290-022-00166-1Tia C. M. 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