From polyglottism to branding: On the decline of personality journalism in the British music press

Journalism

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-43

  Forde, Eamonn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arts criticism; Consumer magazines; Journalism; Magazine publishing; Music critics; Music press; Popular music journalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049358118     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146488490100200108     Document Type: Article

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