Online Media Relations as an Information Subsidy: Quality of Fortune 500 Companies' Websites and Relationships to Media Salience

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 258-273

  Jung Moon, Soo ^a   Hyun, Ki Deuk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84897433454     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2013.779716     Document Type: Article

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