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University of Massachuses Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Masters eses 1911 - February 2014 2012 Bullying on Teen Television: Paerns across Portrayals and Fan Forum Posts Kimberly R. Walsh University of Massachuses Amherst Follow this and additional works at: hps://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses Part of the Broadcast and Video Studies Commons , Communication Technology and New Media Commons , Film and Media Studies Commons , Mass Communication Commons , and the Television Commons is thesis is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters eses 1911 - February 2014 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Walsh, Kimberly R., "Bullying on Teen Television: Paerns across Portrayals and Fan Forum Posts" (2012). Masters eses 1911 - February 2014. 960. Retrieved from hps://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/960

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University of Massachusetts AmherstScholarWorks@UMass Amherst

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

2012

Bullying on Teen Television: Patterns acrossPortrayals and Fan Forum PostsKimberly R. WalshUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses

Part of the Broadcast and Video Studies Commons, Communication Technology and NewMedia Commons, Film and Media Studies Commons, Mass Communication Commons, and theTelevision Commons

This thesis is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses 1911 -February 2014 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please [email protected].

Walsh, Kimberly R., "Bullying on Teen Television: Patterns across Portrayals and Fan Forum Posts" (2012). Masters Theses 1911 -February 2014. 960.Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/960

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