PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Stephen J. Gould TI - The State of IMC Research and Applications AID - 10.2501/JAR-40-5-22-23 DP - 2000 Sep 01 TA - Journal of Advertising Research PG - 22--23 VI - 40 IP - 5 4099 - http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/40/5/22.short 4100 - http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/40/5/22.full SO - J Advert Res2000 Sep 01; 40 AB - This short paper is another comment on the critique of IMC by Cornelissen and Lock (ref 34845, JAR Sept/Oct 2000). The author indicates the difficulty of ‘proving’ IMC as a robust theory, and prefers to see it in more philosophical terms.