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Wilkins, Lee.

Shared vulnerability.

(Contributions to the study of mass media and
communications, ISSN 0732-4456; no. 8)

Bibliography: p.

Includes index.

1. Disasters in the press-- United States.

2. Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India,
1984--Public opinion 3. Public opinion--United States. I. Title. II. Series.

PN4888.D57W5 1987 070.4'493631'79 86-25838

ISBN 0-313-25265-3 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

Copyright © 1987 by Lee Wilkins

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 86-25838

ISBN: 0-313-25265-3

ISSN: 0732-4456

First published in 1987

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Copyright Acknowledgment

We gratefully acknowledge WIDE WORLD PHOTOS for permission to use the
photographs that follow Chapter 3.

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