Political public relations, news management, and agenda indexing

Political Public Relations: Principles and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 54-74

  Golan, Guy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84921290263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203864173     Document Type: Chapter

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