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Improvised News: A Sociological Study of Rumor.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Katz, E., & Shibutani, T.
- Venue
- American Sociological Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1969-10
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 781
- ISSN
- 0003-1224 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3139821079
- Cited by
- 381
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 6.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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