USS Greenville collides with Japan's Ehime Maru: Cultural issues in image repair discourse

Public Relations Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-185

  Drumheller, Kristina ^a   Benoit, William L ^b  

^a MCMURRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Captain Waddle; Image repair; Japanese culture; U.S. Navy

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342652318     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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