Online journalists: Foundations for research into their changing roles

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Singer, Jane B ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FUNCTIONS; INTERNET; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

GATE-KEEPING THEORY; INNOVATION; SOCIAL COHESION; SOCIOLOGY;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037588372     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.1998.tb00088.x     Document Type: Review

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