Understanding how health journalists judge public relations sources: A rules theory approach

Public Relations Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-65

  Len Ríos, María E ^a   Hinnant, Amanda ^a   Park, Sun A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Journalist; Media relations; Perceptions; Public relations; Rules; Source reporter relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649098206     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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