Managing turbulence in the blogosphere: Evaluating the blog-mediated crisis communication model with the American Red Cross

Journal of Public Relations Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 353-370

  Liu, Brooke Fisher ^a   Jin, Yan ^b   Briones, Rowena ^a   Kuch, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872388658     PISSN: 1062726X     EISSN: 1532754X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1062726X.2012.689901     Document Type: Article

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