Search-engine research: A European-American overview and systematization of an interdisciplinary and international research field

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 591-608

  MacHill, Marcel ^a   Beiler, Markus ^a   Zenker, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b University of Leipzig ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Competence; Economics; Google; Journalism; Media policy; Quality; Regulation; Technology; User behaviour; Yahoo

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749099205     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443708094010     Document Type: Article

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