From hard to soft news standards? How political journalists in different media systems evaluate the shifting quality of news

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 47-68

  Plasser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Americanization; Homogenization of journalistic cultures; Journalistic quality standards; Political journalism; Quality of news

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744435785     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X05277746     Document Type: Review

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