Media Use and Disuse by State Legislators: The Social Construction of Innovation

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-88

  Mayo, Charles M ^a   Perlmutter, David D ^a,b,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana State Univ's Manship S

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0032338303     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651998012001004     Document Type: Article

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