Mediating the media: A journalist-centric media relations model

Corporate Communications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-204

  Pang, Augustine ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Communication management; Corporate communications; Corporate strategy; Information media; Modelling; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952217455     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563281011037955     Document Type: Article

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