Sports fans as crisis communicators on social media websites

Public Relations Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-81

  Brown, Natalie A ^a   Billings, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis communication; Social media; Sports communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873059708     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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