Legitimacy, public relations, and media access: Proposing and testing a media access model

    Authors

    Y. Yoon

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Commun. Res.

    Keywords

    media access; legitimacy; public relations; stem cell; cloning; NEWS SOURCES; ORGANIZATIONAL LEGITIMACY; TELEVISION-NEWS; NATIONAL; MEDIA; PRESS RELEASES; SUPREME-COURT; UNITED-STATES; CREDIBILITY; INFORMATION; COVERAGE; Communication

    Abstract

    This study examines how an organization's access to the media reflects two sets of influences-its public relations (PR) expertise and legitimacy. A context of stem cell and the cloning debate is used to test the relationships. Two surveys and a content analysis show that the legitimacy of sources perceived by journalists has an impact on the regularity and valence of those sources' media coverage, whereas the PR expertise of sources does not have an impact on any of the media access indicators. Public relations expertise, however, shows some impact on the legitimacy of sources as perceived by journalists, indicating that legitimacy operates as an intervening variable between PR expertise and media access of sources.

    Journal Title

    Communication Research

    Volume

    32

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2005

    Document Type

    Review

    Language

    English

    First Page

    762

    Last Page

    793

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000233275000003

    ISSN

    0093-6502

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