According to Best and Lowney, claimsmakers

a. compete in a social problems marketplace, seeking to arouse concern about particular issues.
b. like most public relations professionals, come and pass quickly without long term social implications.
c. create moral panics that enable them to profit handsomely..
d. always have long-lasting, public policy implications.


A

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