Weblogs and the epistemology of the news: Some trends in online journalism

New Media and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 443-468

  Matheson, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epistemology of news; Journalism; News discourse; Online journalism; Weblog

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043082079     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146144804044329     Document Type: Review

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