New media: A new medium in escalating crises?

Corporate Communications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-155

  Mei, Joanna Siah Ann ^a   Bansal, Namrata ^a   Pang, Augustine ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Conflict management; Corporate communications; Electronic media; Multimedia; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952125626     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563281011037919     Document Type: Article

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