Empowering the activist: Using framing devices on activist organizations' web sites

Public Relations Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-358

  Zoch, Lynn M ^a   Collins, Erik L ^b   Sisco, Hilary Fussell ^c   Supa, Dustin H ^d  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activist organizations; Framing; Web sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 55749089547     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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