Creating the corporate citizen: Mobil oil’s editorial-advocacy campaign in The New York Times to advance the right and practice of corporate political speech,1970-80

American Journalism

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 39-62

  Kerr, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 84981503272     PISSN: 08821127     EISSN: 23262486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08821127.2004.10677609     Document Type: Article

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