Public relations, business news and the reproduction of corporate elite power

Journalism

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 282-304

  Davis, Aeron ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business news; Elites; Media source relations; Public relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141660076     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146488490000100301     Document Type: Article

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