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Publication details [#51893]
Shepard, Ryan. 2009. Toward a Theory of Simulated Atonement: A Case Study of President George W. Bush's Response to the Abu Ghraib Torture Scandal. Communication Studies 60 (5) : 460–475. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
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Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
This paper argues that Bush's success in stopping negative public opinion following the news of the Abu Ghraib torture scandal, partly resulted from his use of the special apoloy subgenre of simulated atonement.