When frames align: The interplay between PR, news media, and the public in times of crisis

Public Relations Review

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 751-761

  van der Meer, Toni G L A ^a   Verhoeven, Piet ^a   Beentjes, Hans ^a   Vliegenthart, Rens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automated content analysis; Collective sensemaking; Crisis communication; Frame alignment; Implicit framing; Semantic network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919473247     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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