The intractability of reputation: Media coverage as a complex system in the case of martha stewart

Journal of Public Relations Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-237

  Murphy, Priscilla ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77958155414     PISSN: 1062726X     EISSN: 1532754X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10627261003601648     Document Type: Article

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