A Delphi study of the future of new technology research in public relations

Public Relations Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 568-576

  Kent, Michael L ^a   Saffer, Adam J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Delphi; Futurism; Issues management; New technology; Public relations; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902283578     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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