What's stopping them?: Towards a grounded theory of innovation in online journalism

Journalism Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 821-836

  Steensen, Steen ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Feature journalism; Innovation; New media; Online journalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349236509     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700902975087     Document Type: Article

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