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Herta Herzog Massing is a former faculty member of the University of Vienna and lectures and consults at several German universities. She worked for many years in the United States as senior staff member of the Bureau of Radio Research (subsequently the Bureau of Social Research at Columbia University) and for the Interpublic Group of Companies. Her research has focused on qualitative studies concerning radio and television programs and commercials.
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Massing, H.H. Decoding “Dallas”. Society 24, 74–77 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695943
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695943