Grounding civic engagement in strategic communication for China's public-health programs: Air-quality campaigns as a case study

Public Relations Review

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 461-467

  Hu, Ying ^a   Pratt, Cornelius B ^b  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Civic engagement; Haze crisis; Nongovernmental organizations; Personal influence model; Strategic communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015290180     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2017.03.002     Document Type: Article

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