How online citizen journalism publications and online newspapers utilize the objectivity standard and rely on external sources

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 531-548

  Carpenter, Serena ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; PUBLISHING; STANDARD (REFERENCE); WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 59249084342     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900808500304     Document Type: Article

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