Inside the changing newsroom: Journalists' responses to media convergence

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 216-228

  Saltzis, Konstantinos ^a   Dickinson, Roger ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multimedia; Multiskilling; Newspapers; Television news

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION THEORY; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES; MULTITASKING; TELEVISION BROADCASTING;

JOURNALISTS; MULTISKILLING; NEWSPAPERS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 44349161619     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530810879097     Document Type: Article

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