More than ink-stained wretches: The resocialization of print journalists in converged newsrooms

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 838-856

  Singer, Jane B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 16344396499     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900408100408     Document Type: Article

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