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Chiaoning Su, Rebecca Mercado Jones & Valerie Palmer-Mehta. (2022) The Hall of Shame: Reconstituting Dominant Masculinities in The New York Times’ Representation of U.S. #MeToo Offenders’ Apologias. The Communication Review 25:1, pages 1-29.
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Ashley Jones-Bodie. (2020) Methodist Hospital’s Rhetoric of Atonement: Examining an Organization’s Response to NICU Overdoses. Communication Studies 71:4, pages 584-600.
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Cayce Myers & Karen Russell. (2019) Image repair in the aftermath of inaccurate polling: How the news media responded to getting it wrong in 1948 and 2016. Journal of Political Marketing 18:1-2, pages 148-177.
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Kevin A. Stein & Matthew H. Barton. (2019) “I’m Sorry You Interpreted My Behavior the Way You Did”: Toward A New Understanding of the Nuances of Mortification. Western Journal of Communication 83:2, pages 252-264.
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William Benoit. (2017) Image Repair on the Donald Trump “Access Hollywood” Video: “Grab Them by the P*ssy”. Communication Studies 68:3, pages 243-259.
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María E. Len-Ríos, Teri Finneman, Kyung Jung Han, Manu Bhandari & Earnest L. Perry. (2015) Image Repair Campaign Strategies Addressing Race: Paula Deen, Social Media, and Defiance. International Journal of Strategic Communication 9:2, pages 148-165.
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Michelle A. Holling, Dreama G. Moon & Alexandra Jackson Nevis. (2014) Racist Violations and Racializing Apologia in a Post-Racism Era. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication 7:4, pages 260-286.
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Michael R. Kramer. (2014) Image Repair Rhetoric and Shock Radio: Don Imus, Al Sharpton, and the Rutgers Women's Basketball Team Controversy. Journal of Radio & Audio Media 21:2, pages 247-257.
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Joy Smithson & Steven Venette. (2013) Stonewalling as an Image-Defense Strategy: A Critical Examination of BP's Response to the Deepwater Horizon Explosion. Communication Studies 64:4, pages 395-410.
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John McGuire. (2012) Excellence in Broadcasting? Rush Limbaugh and Image Repair in the Sandra Fluke Controversy. Journal of Radio & Audio Media 19:2, pages 206-220.
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WilliamL. Benoit. (2011) NPR's Image Repair Discourse on Firing Juan Williams. Journal of Radio & Audio Media 18:1, pages 84-91.
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CatherineA. Sheldon & LynneM. Sallot. (2008) Image Repair in Politics: Testing Effects of Communication Strategy and Performance History in a Faux Pas. Journal of Public Relations Research 21:1, pages 25-50.
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