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Stonewalling as an Image-Defense Strategy: A Critical Examination of BP's Response to the Deepwater Horizon Explosion

Joy Smithson United Way of Southeast MississippiCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 395-410 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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