Applicability of the informational utility model for radio news

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 577-590

  Dillman Carpentier, Francesca R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION; MASS MEDIA; MODELING; RADIO;

EID: 59149100873     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900808500306     Document Type: Article

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