Citation

Bromley DG, Shupe AD, Ventimiglia JC. J. Commun. 1979; 29(3): 42-53.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, International Communication Association, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1460-2466.1979.tb01710.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

By evoking outrage at the alleged acts of a religious group, newspaper accounts of atrocities serve to validate "evil" and thereby legitimize social control.