Problematic integration theory

Explaining Communication: Contemporary Theories and Exemplars

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 199-122

  Babrow, Austin S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84905070106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410614308     Document Type: Chapter

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