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Reflections: Famous for fifteen minutes: Notes on the researcher as newsmaker

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  1. Department of Sociology, California State University, 93740, Fresno, CA

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Patricia A. Adler, Peter Adler, David Altheide, Loy Bilderback, and David F. Luckenbill made helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper.

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Best, J. Reflections: Famous for fifteen minutes: Notes on the researcher as newsmaker. Qual Sociol 9, 372–382 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988465

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