Frames and filters: Strategic distrust as a legitimation tool in the 50-year battle between public health activists and big tobacco

Business and Society

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-139

  Derry, Robbin ^a   Waikar, Sachin V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Framing; Public health; Social activists; Stakeholder legitimacy; Tobacco industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849084024     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650307306638     Document Type: Article

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