Framing issues in the public debate: The case of human rights

Corporate Communications

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-134

  Meriläinen, Niina ^a   Vos, Marita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Corporate communications; Framing; Human rights; Issues management; Society

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872947204     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563281311294164     Document Type: Article

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