Media discourse of corporate social responsibility in China: A content analysis of newspapers

Asian Journal of Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-288

  Tang, Lu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

content analysis; corporate social responsibility; journalism; Mainland China; newspaper

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861889527     PISSN: 01292986     EISSN: 17420911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2012.662515     Document Type: Article

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