How journalists think while they write: A transcultural model of news decision making

Journal of Communication

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 587-608

  Zhong, Bu ^a   Newhagen, John E ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DECISION MAKING; GLOBALIZATION; MEDIA ROLE; MODEL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 70350408748     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2009.01439.x     Document Type: Article

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