The accidental journalist: Shifting professional boundaries in the wake of Leonardo DiCaprio’s interview with former President Clinton

Journalism Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-43

  Bishop, Ronald ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary Maintenance; Journalism; News and Entertainment; Textual Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944514898     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461670032000174729     Document Type: Article

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