Government and corporate communication practices: Do the differences matter?

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-213

  Liu, Brooke Fisher ^a   Horsley, J Suzanne ^b   Levenshus, Abbey Blake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate communication; Government communication; Government communication decision wheel; Public relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951925235     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909881003639528     Document Type: Article

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