Webmasters as mass media gatekeepers: A qualitative exploratory study

Internet Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 200-211

  Beard, Fred ^a   Olsen, Rolf L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Research; Universities; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543146647     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662249910274601     Document Type: Article

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