Sky news Australia: The impact of local 24-hour news on political reporting in australia

Journalism Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 401-416

  Young, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

24 hour news; Elites; Political journalism; Political reporting; Sky news australia; Subscription pay tv

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651105088     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700802636250     Document Type: Article

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