Dumbing down or shaping up? New technologies, new media, new journalism

Journalism

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 175-196

  Ursell, Gillian D M ^a  

^a LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BBC and news; Branding and news; Broadcast newsroom organization; Commercial television and news; Journalists' work; Markets for news; Media competition and news production; New media technologies; Niche news; Regional television news

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642574587     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146488490100200204     Document Type: Article

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