The rhetoric of atonement

Communication Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-87

  Koesten, Joy ^a   Rowland, Robert C ^b  

^a WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apologia; Atonement; Political communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066225184     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970409388606     Document Type: Article

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