Activist online resource mobilization: Relationship building features that fulfill resource dependencies

Public Relations Review

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 429-431

  Sommerfeldt, Erich ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Public relations; Resource dependency; Resource mobilization; Websites

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052929320     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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