Someone's gotta be in control here”: The institutionalization of online news and the creation of a shared journalistic authority

Journalism Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-321

  Robinson, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Authority; Institution; Interview; Online journalism; Press

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249141452     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512780701504856     Document Type: Article

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