A balance between imitation and contrast: What makes newspapers successful? A summary of internationally comparative research

Journal of Media Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Schoenbach, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 4043069310     PISSN: 08997764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327736me1703_7     Document Type: Review

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