Communicating for the good of the state: A post-symmetrical polemic on persuasion in ethical public relations

Public Relations Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-133

  Porter, Lance ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aristotle; Burke; Persuasion; Rhetoric; Symmetrical communications

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952548707     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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