Educating public relations students to enter the blogosphere: Results of a delphi study

Journalism and Mass Communication Educator

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-332

  Duke, Shearlean ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84902270509     PISSN: 10776958     EISSN: 21614326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769580806300404     Document Type: Article

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