Press releases: a neglected source of information
Karen Johnson
(Hatfield Polytechnic Library)
Jo Haythornthwaite
(Loughborough University of Technology, Leicestershire)
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Abstract
Press releases are a major means of communication between the government and the public, and yet they remain an under‐rated and neglected source of data. This paper describes the functions fulfilled by press releases and seeks to evaluate their potential value to the information professions and to researchers by means of interviews with the press officers of two major government departments and two quangos.
Citation
Johnson, K. and Haythornthwaite, J. (1989), "Press releases: a neglected source of information", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 41 No. 3, pp. 99-108. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb051129
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1989, MCB UP Limited