News in the interstices: The niches of mobile media in space and time

New Media and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-39

  Dimmick, John ^a   Feaster, John Christian ^b   Hoplamazian, Gregory J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communication technology; media ecology; mobility; news access; niche theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951866291     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444810363452     Document Type: Article

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