International agenda-building and agenda-setting: Exploring the influence of public relations counsel on US news media and public perceptions of foreign nations

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-75

  Kiousis, Spiro ^a   Wu, Xu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda building; Agenda setting; Attributes; Framing; International public relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249049983     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048507084578     Document Type: Article

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