The strategic potential of sequencing apologia stases: President Clinton's self-defense in the Monica Lewinsky scandal

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 347-368

  Kramer, Michael R ^a   Olson, Kathryn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 0036623530     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310209374741     Document Type: Review

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