Critical analysis of blogging in public relations

Public Relations Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-40

  Kent, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blog; Blogging; Critical; News technology; Public relations; RSS

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149093371     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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