Psychology of news decisions: Factors behind journalists' professional behavior

Journalism

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-157

  Donsbach, Wolfgang ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative research; News decisions; News journalism; Professionalization; Role perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049106911     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146488490452002     Document Type: Article

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