Level of crisis responsibility and crisis response strategies of the media

Journal of Communication Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-83

  An, Seon Kyoung ^a   Gower, Karla K ^b   Cho, Seung ^c  

^a Media Research Labs   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Information media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992974141     PISSN: 1363254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13632541111105268     Document Type: Article

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