Exploring the Impact of Culture in the Social Media Sphere: A Content Analysis of Nonprofit Organizations' Use of Facebook

Journal of Intercultural Communication Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-319

  Waters, Richard D ^a   Lo, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intercultural Communication; New Media; Nonprofit Organizations; Organizational Communication; Public Relations; Social Media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868592136     PISSN: 17475759     EISSN: 17475767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17475759.2012.728772     Document Type: Article

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