Parody social media accounts: Influence and impact on organizations during crisis

Public Relations Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 381-385

  Wan, Sarah ^a   Koh, Regina ^a   Ong, Andrew ^a   Pang, Augustine ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Crisis communication; Facebook; Parody accounts; Public relations; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945490050     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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