Relationship-building by Chinese ENGOs' websites: Education, not activation

Public Relations Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 342-351

  Yang, Aimei ^a   Taylor, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; China; Internet; Non governmental organization; Relationship building

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958152992     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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