Set It and Forget It: The One-Way Use of Social Media by Government Agencies Communicating Science

Science Communication

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 533-541

  Lee, Nicole M ^a   VanDyke, Matthew S ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dialogic communication; public relations; science communication; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938511883     PISSN: 10755470     EISSN: 15528545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1075547015588600     Document Type: Article

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