Online Editors Rate Web News Quality Criteria

Newspaper Research Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-69

  Gladney, George Albert ^a   Shapiro, Ivor ^b   Castaldo, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 59249085274     PISSN: 07395329     EISSN: 23764791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073953290702800105     Document Type: Article

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