Hardwired for News: Using Biological and Cultural Evolution to Explain the Surveillance Function
Journal of CommunicationPublished 1 September 1996
Pamela J. Shoemaker
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Journal Article Hardwired for News: Using Biological and Cultural Evolution to Explain the Surveillance Function Get access Pamela J. Shoemaker Pamela J. Shoemaker 1Pamela J. Shoemaker is the John Ben Snow professor in the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 46, Issue 3, September 1996, Pages 32–47, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1996.tb01487.x Published: 07 February 2006
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