Who are these guys?: The online challenge to the notion of journalistic professionalism

Journalism

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-163

  Singer, Jane B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Ethics; Internet; Journalists; Online; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344465483     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884903004002021     Document Type: Article

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