The globalization of journalism online: A transatlantic study of news websites and their international readers

Journalism

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-307

  Thurman, Neil ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British news websites; Globalization; International readers; Online journalism; User metrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049210068     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884907076463     Document Type: Article

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