Social noise and segmented rhythms: News, entertainment, and celebrity in the crusade for animal rights

Communication Review

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 399-420

  Simonson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal rights; Celebrity; Controversy; Entertainment media; PETA; Public relations; Social movements; Sound

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937341647     PISSN: 10714421     EISSN: 15477487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10714420109359476     Document Type: Article

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