Michael L. Kent

6.7k citations
51 papers · 4.3k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 26
Topics
Public Relations and Crisis Communication (38 papers)Rhetoric and Communication Studies (19 papers)Social Media and Politics (13 papers)

In The Last Decade

Michael L. Kent

50 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Building dialogic relationships through the world wide web1998202620072016199820022014250500750

Peers

Michael L. Kent
Comparison fields: 5 of 112
  • Communication 3.5k
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.7k
  • Social Psychology 786
  • Strategy and Management 607
  • Philosophy 481
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All Works

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Discussion, Dialogue, Discourse| Elegy for Mediated Dialogue: Shiva the Destroyer and Reclaiming Our First Principles
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A Network Approach to Measuring Organization–Public Relationships: Research Directions for Public Relations Using Social Network Analysis
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Dialogic Communication and Resource Dependency:Community Colleges as Models for Web Site Effectiveness
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The rhetoric of eulogies: A generic critique of classic and contemporary funeral oratory
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About Michael L. Kent

Michael L. Kent is a scholar working on Communication, Philosophy and Social Psychology, having authored 51 papers that have together received 4.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Public Relations and Crisis Communication (38 papers), Rhetoric and Communication Studies (19 papers) and Social Media and Politics (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Communication (3.5k citations), Philosophy (481 citations) and Strategy and Management (607 citations). Michael L. Kent has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. Frequent co-authors include Maureen Taylor, William J. White, Erich J. Sommerfeldt, Adam J. Saffer, Anne B. Lane, Aimei Yang, Brandon Boatwright, Shari R. Veil, Tyler R. Harrison and Petra Theunissen. Their work appears in journals such as Public Relations Review, Journal of Public Relations Research and Social Media + Society.

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