Measuring the impact of pr on published news in increasingly fragmented news environments: A multifaceted approach

Journalism Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 799-816

  Reich, Zvi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agenda building; Media relations; News subsidies; Public relations; Spokespersons

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960221811     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616701003760550     Document Type: Article

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