RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 The State of IMC Research and Applications JF Journal of Advertising Research JO J Advert Res FD WARC SP 22 OP 23 DO 10.2501/JAR-40-5-22-23 VO 40 IS 5 A1 Stephen J. Gould YR 2000 UL http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/40/5/22.abstract 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.