Environmental organizations and communication praxis: A study of communication strategies among a national sample of environmental organizations

Organization and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 420-445

  Dreiling, Michael ^a   Lougee, Nicholas ^a   Jonna, R ^a   Nakamura, Tomoyasu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Communication technology; Environmental identities; Environmental movement; Environmental organizations; Organizational communication; Survey research of the U.S. environmental movement; United States social movements

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENTALISM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63149130218     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026608321325     Document Type: Article

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