Comparisons of U.S. government communication practices: Expanding the government communication decision wheel

Communication Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-295

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954847433     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: 14682885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2010.01363.x     Document Type: Article

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