Beyond the Corporate Lens: The Use of Humor in Activist Communication

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Beyond the Corporate Lens: The Use of Humor in Activist Communication

Less structured types of activism, such as community groups and social movements, are prevalent in society, but have been largely ignored in scholarly PR research to date. This article highlights humour as a communications tool in grassroots activism, thereby adding to the discipline’s understanding...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wolf, Katharina
Other Authors:	Lievrouw, Leah A.
Format:	Book Chapter
Published:	Peter Lang Publishing Inc. 2014
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38272

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