Different sides of the same coin: Mixed views of public relations practitioners and journalists for strategic conflict management

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 318-338

  Shin, Jae Hwa ^a   Cameron, Glen T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; MEDIA ROLE;

EID: 24044483885     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900508200206     Document Type: Review

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