The gods are drinking milk! Word-of-mouth diffusion of a major news event in India

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 86-107

  Singhal, Arvind ^a   Rogers, Everett M ^b   Mahajan, Meenakshi ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c FORD FOUNDATION   (United States)

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EID: 0002925553     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01292989909359616     Document Type: Article

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