Identity, electronic ethos, and blogs: A technologic analysis of symbolic exchange on the new news medium

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 575-598

  MacDougall, Robert ^a  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogs; Ethos; Identity; News; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 28744458546     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764205280922     Document Type: Review

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