"making it our own": BBC newsround professionals and their efforts to build a news agenda for the young

Television and New Media

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 546-563

  Matthews, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BBC Newsround; Children's news; Imagined audience; News agendas; News form; Professional mediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949105441     PISSN: 15274764     EISSN: 15528316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527476409343799     Document Type: Article

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