Engaging stakeholders through social networking: How nonprofit organizations are using Facebook

Public Relations Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-106

  Waters, Richard D ^a   Burnett, Emily ^a   Lamm, Anna ^a   Lucas, Jessica ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Nonprofit organizations; Social media; Social networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 63149180293     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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