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ERIC Number: EJ249228
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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Liberal Intellectual Journals and Their Functions in Shaping the Definition of Social Problems.
Shermis, S. Samuel; Barth, James L.
Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, v34 n1 p52-69 Spr 1981
Reports analysis of five journals: "Commentary," the "Nation," the "New Republic,""Saturday Review," and the "Atlantic Monthly." Commonalities include exaggeration, moral indignation, and complex analysis with simple solutions. Concludes that these journals exist to persuade an educated, affluent, and influential readership that a certain kind of behavior is a problem. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Definitions, Influences, Periodicals, Social Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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