Circling the wagons: Containing the downing street memo story's impact in America

Journal of Communication Inquiry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-221

  Bicket, Douglas ^a   Wall, Melissa ^b  

^a ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary maintenance; Britain; Journalism; News media; News repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049427999     PISSN: 01968599     EISSN: 15524612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0196859907301085     Document Type: Article

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