Activist practitioner perspectives of website public relations: Why aren't activist websites fulfilling the dialogic promise?

Public Relations Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-312

  Sommerfeldt, Erich J ^a   Kent, Michael L ^b   Taylor, Maureen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Dialogue; Issues management; Public relations; Social media; Websites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858154657     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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