The meaning and influence of convergence: A qualitative case study of newsroom work at the tampa news center

Journalism Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-255

  Dupagne, Michel ^a   Garrison, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Convergence; Digitalization; Digitization; Multimedia; Newsgathering; Newsroom

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049086184     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700500533569     Document Type: Article

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