Gary Condit's image repair strategies: Determined denial and differentiation

Public Relations Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-106

  Len Ríos, María ^a   Benoit, William L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Denial; Differentiation; Image repair strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342264723     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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