The fall of the queen of Nordic skiing: A comparative analysis of the swedish and norwegian media coverage of the Therese Johaug scandal

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The fall of the queen of Nordic skiing : A comparative analysis of the swedish and norwegian media coverage of the Therese Johaug scandal. / Wagner, Ulrik; Kristiansen, Elsa.

In: N O R D I C O M Review, Vol. 40, No. 1, 2019, p. 121-138.

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Wagner, U & Kristiansen, E 2019, 'The fall of the queen of Nordic skiing: A comparative analysis of the swedish and norwegian media coverage of the Therese Johaug scandal', N O R D I C O M Review, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 121-138. https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2019-0007

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Wagner, U., & Kristiansen, E. (2019). The fall of the queen of Nordic skiing: A comparative analysis of the swedish and norwegian media coverage of the Therese Johaug scandal. N O R D I C O M Review, 40(1), 121-138. https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2019-0007

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Wagner U, Kristiansen E. The fall of the queen of Nordic skiing: A comparative analysis of the swedish and norwegian media coverage of the Therese Johaug scandal. N O R D I C O M Review. 2019;40(1):121-138. https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2019-0007

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Wagner, Ulrik ; Kristiansen, Elsa. / The fall of the queen of Nordic skiing : A comparative analysis of the swedish and norwegian media coverage of the Therese Johaug scandal. In: N O R D I C O M Review. 2019 ; Vol. 40, No. 1. pp. 121-138.

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